Genesis 16:13

16:13 So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, “You are the God who sees me,” 1  for she said, “Here I have seen one who sees me!” 2 

Genesis 45:13

45:13 So tell 3  my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!” 4 

Genesis 46:30

46:30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.” 5 

1 tn Heb “God of my seeing.” The pronominal suffix may be understood either as objective (“who sees me,” as in the translation) or subjective (“whom I see”).

2 tn Heb “after one who sees me.”

sn For a discussion of Hagar’s exclamation, see T. Booij, “Hagar’s Words in Genesis 16:13b,” VT 30 (1980): 1-7.

3 tn The perfect verbal form with the vav consecutive here expresses instruction.

4 tn Heb “and hurry and bring down my father to here.”

5 tn Heb “after my seeing your face that you are still alive.”