Genesis 16:13

And she calleth the name of Jehovah who is speaking unto her, 'Thou [art], O God, my beholder;' for she said, 'Even here have I looked behind my beholder?'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

12and he is a wild-ass man, his hand against every one, and every one's hand against him — and before the face of all his brethren he dwelleth.'

14therefore hath one called the well, 'The well of the Living One, my beholder;' lo, between Kadesh and Bered.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:9And the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, 'Turn back unto thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hands;'

Genesis 28:17and he feareth, and saith, 'How fearful [is] this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.'

Genesis 32:30And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for 'I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;'

Exodus 33:18And he saith, 'Shew me, I pray Thee, Thine honour;'

Judges 6:24And Gideon buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and calleth it Jehovah-Shalom, unto this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrites.

Proverbs 5:21For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 16:11-15

The Promise Concerning Ishmael. ( b. c. 1911.) 10 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11 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. 12 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. 13 And she called… Read the whole commentary →

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