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

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30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[a] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face,(A) and yet my life was spared.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:30 Peniel means face of God.

31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

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31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel,[a](A) and he was limping because of his hip.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:31 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel