Genesis 32:30
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; For I saw God face to face; and my soul was delivered,
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Genesis 16:13And she called the name of Yahweh, who had spoken unto her, Thou GOD of vision! For she said. Do I even here, retain my vision after a vision?
Genesis 35:9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came in from Padan-aram,—and blessed him.
Exodus 33:14So then he said,—Mine own presence, shall go on thus will I give thee rest.
Numbers 12:8Mouth to mouth, do I speak with him And plainly—not in dark sayings, And the form of Yahweh, doth he discern,—Wherefore then, were ye not afraid to speak against my servant—against Moses?
Deuteronomy 34:10And there arose not a prophet any more in Israel, like unto Moses,—whom Yahweh acknowledged, face to face;
Judges 8:8So he went up from thence, to Penuel, and spake unto them in like manner,—and the men of Penuel answered him, as had answered the men of Succoth.
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 →