Hagar gives a name to God! She declares, “You are El Roi”[or God who sees or God whom I’ve seen]. I
find these names to be fascinating, for it speaks to the whole experience of God – God will hear, God will see, and God will be seen. This coming in anencounter with a lowly servant!

Hagar’s name for God is a prayer — a reminder in times of distress — that God sees and responds.