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Genesis 32:30

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28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

29 And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.

So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

31 The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.

32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.

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BSB
So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
KJV
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
WEB
Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
ASV
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, [said he], I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
DARBY
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.
BLB
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been delivered.”
ÅB
Og Jakob kalte stedet Pniel[^3]; for [sa han] jeg har sett Gud åsyn til åsyn og enda berget livet.
OTB
Så Jakob kalte stedet Peniel, og sa: “Det er fordi jeg så Gud ansikt til ansikt, og likevel ble mitt liv spart.”
B1930
Og Jakob kalte stedet Pniel; for [sa han] jeg har sett Gud åsyn til åsyn og enda berget livet. / < Pniel eller Pnuel betyr Guds åsyn.>

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Cross references

  • Exodus 24:10–11

    and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.

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  • Numbers 12:8

    I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

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  • Isaiah 6:5

    Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

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  • Deuteronomy 5:24

    and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.

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  • Genesis 16:13

    So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”

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  • Exodus 33:19–23

    “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

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  • John 1:18

    No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

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  • 2 Timothy 1:10

    And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,

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