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Genesis 32:30

And Jakob asked Him, and said, Show me now Thy Name! And He said, Why dost thou ask My Name? And He blessed him there.

Targum Onkelos

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

29And He said, Thy name shall be no longer Jakob, but Israel; for a prince art thou before the Lord, and with men, and thou hast prevailed.

31And Jakob called the name of the place Peniel: because I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face, and my soul hath been saved!

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Cross References

Genesis 16:13And she prayed in the Name of the Lord who had spoken with her; and she said: Thou art Eloha, seeing all: for she said, I also have begun to see after that He hath been revealed to me.

Genesis 35:9And the Lord appeared unto Jakob again when he had come from Padan Aram, and blessed him.

Exodus 33:14And He said, My Shekinah shall go, and I will give thee rest.

Numbers 12:8Speaker with speaker will I speak with him; in apparition, and not in similitudes; and he shall behold the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And how is this, that you have not been afraid to speak against My servant, against Mosheh?

Deuteronomy 34:10But no prophet hath arisen in Israel like unto Mosheh, unto whom the Lord revealed Himself face to face,

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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