Genesis 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.”
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Genesis 16:13Then she called upon the name of the Lord who had spoken to her: “You are the God who has seen me.” For she said, “Certainly, here I have seen the back of the one who sees me.”
Genesis 35:9Then God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him,
Exodus 33:14And the Lord said, “My face will precede you, and I will give you rest.”
Numbers 12:8For I speak with him mouth to mouth, and plainly. And not through enigmas and figures does he perceive the Lord. Therefore, why were you not afraid to disparage my servant Moses?”
Deuteronomy 34:10And no other prophet rose up in Israel like Moses, one whom the Lord knew face to face,
Judges 8:8And going up from there, he arrived at Penuel. And he spoke to the men of that place similarly. And they also answered him, just as the men of Succoth had answered.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 32:25-32
Jacob Wrestles with an Angel. ( b. c. 1739.) 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no… Read the whole commentary →