Why Hagar's Well Was Named for the Living Angel Who Sees

Midrash Aggadah, Genesis 16:14

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"Be'er-lahai-roi" (the well of the Living One who sees). The well was named after the angel, who lives forever, whom the Holy One, blessed be He, sent to behold grievances. "Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered." Therefore the angel appeared to her and blessed her, in the merit of Abraham, who sanctified the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, and went down into the fiery furnace for His sake.

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