Genesis 32:30
New International Version
So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

New Living Translation
Jacob named the place Peniel (which means “face of God”), for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.”

English Standard Version
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.”

Berean Standard Bible
So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

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.

New King James Version
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

New American Standard Bible
So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.”

NASB 1995
So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved.”

NASB 1977
So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved.”

Legacy Standard Bible
So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been delivered.”

Amplified Bible
So Jacob named the place Peniel (the face of God), saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life has not been snatched away.”

Christian Standard Bible
Jacob then named the place Peniel, “For I have seen God face to face,” he said, “yet my life has been spared.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jacob then named the place Peniel, “For I have seen God face to face,” he said, “and I have been delivered.”

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Yaquuv called the name of that country, Penuyel, because, “I saw an Angel face to face and my life is saved.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Jacob called the name of that place, the Face of God; for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life was preserved.

Contemporary English Version
Jacob said, "I have seen God face to face, and I am still alive." So he named the place Peniel.

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.

English Revised 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So Jacob named that place Peniel [Face of God], because he said, "I have seen God face to face, but my life was saved."

Good News Translation
Jacob said, "I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive"; so he named the place Peniel.

International Standard Version
Jacob would later call that place Peniel, because "I saw God face to face, but my life was spared."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: 'for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.'

Literal Standard Version
And Jacob calls the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is delivered”;

Majority Standard Bible
So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

New American Bible
Jacob named the place Peniel, “because I have seen God face to face,” he said, “yet my life has been spared.”

NET Bible
So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, "Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived."

New Revised Standard Version
So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.”

New Heart English Bible
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: "For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved."

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

World English Bible
Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “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;'

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jacob Wrestles with God
29And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there. 30So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.” 31The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.…

Cross References
1 Corinthians 13:12
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

Genesis 16:13
So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "Here I have seen the One who sees me!"

Exodus 24:10
and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.

Exodus 24:11
But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.

Exodus 33:20
But He added, "You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live."

Numbers 12:8
I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?"

Joshua 5:13
Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, "Are You for us or for our enemies?"


Treasury of Scripture

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

Jacob.

Genesis 32:31
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon 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 thence to Penuel, and spake unto 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 dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

Peniel.

I have.

Genesis 16:13
And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth 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, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness…

Exodus 33:14,19-23
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest…

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Genesis 32
1. Jacob's vision at Mahanaim.
3. His message to Esau.
6. He is afraid of Esau's coming.
9. He prays for deliverance.
13. He sends a present to Esau, and passes the brook Jabbok.
24. He wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel.
31. He halts.














(30) Peniel.--Elsewhere Penuel, and so probably it should be read here. It means, "the face of God." For the rest of the verse see Note on Genesis 16:13.

Verse 30. - And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel (i.e. "the face of God." Its situation must have been close to the Jabbok. The reason given for its designation follows): for I have seen God (Elohim) face to face, and my life is preserved (cf. Genesis 16:13; Exodus 14:11; Exodus 33:20; Judges 6:22; Judges 13:22; Isaiah 6:5).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֛ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

named
וַיִּקְרָ֧א (way·yiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

the place
הַמָּק֖וֹם (ham·mā·qō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

Peniel,
פְּנִיאֵ֑ל (pə·nî·’êl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6439: Penuel -- 'face of God', a place East of the Jordan, also two Israelites

saying, “Indeed,
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I have seen
רָאִ֤יתִי (rā·’î·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7200: To see

God
אֱלֹהִים֙ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

face
פָּנִ֣ים (pā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

face,
פָּנִ֔ים (pā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

and yet my life
נַפְשִֽׁי׃ (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

was spared.”
וַתִּנָּצֵ֖ל (wat·tin·nā·ṣêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver


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