El Roi (Biblical Hebrew: אֵל רֳאִי, romanized: ʾēl rŏʾî) is one of the names of God in the Hebrew Bible. It is used in Genesis 16:13 by Hagar.
Solomon b. Isaac translates it "god of sight".
Joseph b. Isaac Bekhor Shor translates it "god saw me",
Abraham Ibn Ezra, Bahya b. Asher, and Obadiah b. Jacob Sforno, "god who appears",
David Kimhi, "god I saw" or "visible god",
Levi b. Gershon as "all-seeing god".
God who sees the woes of the people.
Genesis 16:1-14
John 5:6
Predicaments of Hagar
Jesus sees a helpless who was in need.
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