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Genesis 32:30

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God's presence

28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.

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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: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

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  • Numbers 12:8

    With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

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  • Isaiah 6:5

    Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:24

    And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

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  • Genesis 16:13

    And 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?

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  • Exodus 33:19–23

    And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

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  • John 1:18

    No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

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  • 2 Timothy 1:10

    But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

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