And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Treasury of Scripture Jacob. Genesis 32:31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose on him, and he halted on his thigh. Penuel. Genesis 28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. Judges 8:8,17 And he went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him... 1 Kings 12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelled therein; and went out from there, and built Penuel. Peniel. i.e., the face of God. Peniel, or Penuel, was evidently situated near the ford of Jabbok, on the north of that stream, about forty miles from Jerusalem. I have. Genesis 16:13 And she called the name of the LORD that spoke to her, You God see me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that sees me? Exodus 24:10,11 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone... Exodus 33:14,19-23 And he said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest... Numbers 12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold... Deuteronomy 5:24 And you said, Behold, the LORD our God has showed us his glory and his greatness... Deuteronomy 34:10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like to Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, Judges 6:22,23 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas... Judges 13:21,22 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD... Isaiah 6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the middle of a people of unclean lips... John 1:18 No man has seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him. 2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory... 2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts... Galatians 1:6 I marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ to another gospel: Ephesians 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory... Colossians 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 2 Timothy 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death... Hebrews 11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Context Jacob Wrestles with God
22And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. 23And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. 24And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25And 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. 26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let you go, except you bless me. 27And he said to him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob. 28And he said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince have you power with God and with men, and have prevailed. 29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray you, your name. And he said, Why is it that you do ask after my name? And he blessed him there. 30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 31And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose on him, and he halted on his thigh. 32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for,'said he , I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.
Darby Bible Translation
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.
King James Bible
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for 'I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;'
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