She named Yahweh, who had spoken to her, “You are El Roi” — the God who sees me — for she said, “Have I truly seen him here and lived, after he saw me?”
In context
11You are now pregnant, and you will bear a son. Name him Ishmael, for Yahweh has heard your suffering. 12He will be a wild donkey of a man — his hand against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him — and he will live in defiance of all his brothers.” 13She named Yahweh, who had spoken to her, “You are El Roi” — the God who sees me — for she said, “Have I truly seen him here and lived, after he saw me?” 14That is why the well is called Beer-lahai-roi — that is, the well of the Living One who sees me. It lies between Kadesh and Bered. 15Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram named the son Hagar had borne him Ishmael.
