Genesis 32:30

Jacob said to himself, “I saw God's face. Wow! He didn't kill me.” Because of that Jacob named that camp Peniel. That name says, 'God's Face'.

Nyangumarta (portions)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29After that Jacob asked him, “And who are you?” He said to him, “Don't ask, you can't talk in that way to me. Now I will do good to you.” Like that he spoke to Jacob. Then he left Jacob there, he went away.

31Right at that time the sun was coming up. Jacob left that country, he was going along limping after being hit on the hip.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:13After that Hagar thought, “Truly it was God I saw, I am really alive, he did not kill me.” She named God, 'The One Who Habitually Sees Me'.

Genesis 35:9When Jacob returned from his uncle's country, God again appeared to Jacob, he spoke very kindly to him.

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 →

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