The birth of ishmael 12 he will be a wild donkey of a man and his hand will be against everyone and everyones hand against him he will live in hostility toward all his brothers 13 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 14 therefore the well was called beer lahai roi. Not only does god see but even better god sees me and in spite of my confusion and rebellion he lets me get a glimpse of him scholars disagree about how to interpret the hebrew of the last sentence of verse 13 it literally reads i have seen here after the one who saw me the expression is almost identical to exodus 3323 where god . From praying the names of god week two day five the name an egyptian slave hagar encountered god in the desert and addressed him as el roi the god who sees me notably this is the only . The same god who sees me sees them in every rough turn and painful day and one thing unites nearly every recipient of a gift of handiwork a tremendous gratitude that a stranger would take the time to make something they needed in other words the joy of knowing they are seen and they have been blessed