Genesis 16:13

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“So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!””

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BSBPD

“So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And she calleth the name of Jehovah who is speaking unto her, `Thou <FI>art<Fi> , O God, my beholder;' for she said, `Even here have I looked behind my beholder?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 16:13 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 16:7Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
  2. Genesis 16:9So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”
  3. Genesis 22:14And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
  4. Genesis 28:17And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
  5. Genesis 31:42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
  6. Genesis 32:30So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
  7. Genesis 32:31The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
  8. Exodus 33:18Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”
  9. Exodus 34:5And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
  10. Judges 6:24So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
  11. Psalms 139:1O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
  12. Proverbs 5:21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
  13. Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.

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