Genesis 16:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³And 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?

Genesis 16:13 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 139:1-12
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. …
Genesis 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
Genesis 31:42
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-14)

We may suppose that the angel having given Hagar that good counsel (Gen. 16:9) to return to her mistress she immediately promised to do so, and was setting her face homeward; and then the angel went on to encourage her with an assurance of the mercy God had in store for her and her seed: for God will meet those with mercy that are returning to their duty. I said, I will confess, and thou forgavest…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13. called the name--common in ancient times to name places from circumstances; and the name given to this well was a grateful recognition of God’s gracious appearance in the hour of Hagar’s distress.