Genesis 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
31And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he was past Phanuel; but he halted on his foot.
Cross References
Genesis 16:13And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her: Thou the God who hast seen me. For she said: Verily here have I seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me.
Genesis 35:9And God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him,
Exodus 33:14And the Lord said: My face shall go before thee, and I will give thee rest.
Numbers 12:8For I speak to him mouth to mouth: and plainly, and not by riddles and figures doth he see the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak ill of my servant Moses?
Deuteronomy 34:10And there arose no more a prophet in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,
Judges 8:8And going up from thence, he came to Phanuel: and he spoke the like things to the men of that place. And they also answered him, as the men of Soccoth 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 →