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30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel,[a] saying, “For (A)I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.” 31 The sun rose upon him as he passed (B)Penuel, limping because of his hip.

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

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.”

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

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  1. Genesis 32:30 Peniel means face of God.
  2. Genesis 32:31 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel

Jeroboam's Golden Calves

25 Then Jeroboam (A)built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And he went out from there and (B)built Penuel.

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Golden Calves at Bethel and Dan

25 Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem(A) in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built up Peniel.[a](B)

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  1. 1 Kings 12:25 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel