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Berean Standard Bible

“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!””

Genesis 16:13

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Sarai, still childless, gave her Egyptian servant Hagar to Abram so that she might have a child through her. When Hagar became pregnant, tension exploded and Sarai mistreated her until she fled into the wilderness.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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!”

World English Bible (WEB)

She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees,” for she said, “Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?”

King James Version (KJV)

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?

American Standard Version (ASV)

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?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Entonces llamó el nombre de Jehová que con ella hablaba: Tú eres el Dios de la vista; porque dijo: ¿No he visto también aquí al que me ve?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Agar llamó al Señor, que hablaba con ella, «el Dios que me ve», pues se decía para sus adentros: «He visto al Dios que me ve».

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