El Roi
The God Who Sees - Hagar, a runaway slave pregnant and alone in the desert, gave God this name when he found her and spoke to her. She was astonished: You are the God who sees me.
El Roi (ืึตื ืจึณืึดื) means 'The God Who Sees,' named by Hagar in Genesis 16:13 when she fled into the wilderness from Sarah's mistreatment. Alone and desperate, she was found by the Angel of the LORD and responded: 'You are the God who sees me.' This name reveals that God notices the overlooked and suffering - no one is invisible to Him, even in their most desolate moments.
Meaning: The God Who Sees
First Usage: Genesis 16:13
Key Chapters
Key Passages
Hagar Names God
Genesis 16:13-14
This passage shows that God lovingly sees and cares for those who feel invisible or alone in their struggles.
13nd 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?
Did You Know?
El Roi means "The God Who Sees." The name was given by Hagar when she fled from Sarah and met the angel in the wilderness. She named the well "The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me."
Hagar was a slave, an outsider, and a woman with no rights. Yet the God of the universe saw her. The name is for every person who feels invisible, overlooked, or forgotten.
The God who sees is the God who acts. He does not merely observe our pain. He enters it, provides for it, and promises that nothing is hidden from His sight.