Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 32:30
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So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
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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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Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
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And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, [said he], I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
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Genesis 32
28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
29 And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
31 The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
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