Genesis 16:13
“And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?”
And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Wherefore the well was called Beer–lahai–roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
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Cross-References
“O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.”
“And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
“The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.”
“For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.”
“And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.”