Bible verse
So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
Genesis 32:30 · BSB
The verses around it, from Genesis 32.
26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
27 “What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
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 which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
KJV
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
ASV
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
ERV
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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