Genesis 32:30

American Standard Version (1901)

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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  • Num 12:8 : 8 with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Jehovah shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
  • Gen 16:13 : 13 And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me?
  • Exod 24:10-11 : 10 and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him] .
  • Deut 5:24 : 24 and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.
  • Exod 33:19-23 : 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live. 21 And Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock: 22 and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by: 23 and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen.
  • Exod 33:14 : 14 And he said, My presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest.
  • Gen 28:19 : 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
  • Deut 34:10 : 10 And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom Jehovah knew face to face,
  • Judg 6:22-23 : 22 And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of Jehovah face to face. 23 And Jehovah said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
  • Judg 8:8 : 8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
  • Judg 8:17 : 17 And he brake down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
  • Judg 13:21-22 : 21 But the angel of Jehovah did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Jehovah. 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
  • 1 Kgs 12:25 : 25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and he went out from thence, and built Penuel.
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Gal 1:6 : 6 I marvel that ye are so quickly removing from him that called you in the grace of Christ unto a different gospel;
  • Eph 1:17 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
  • Col 1:15 : 15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
  • 2 Tim 1:10 : 10 but hath now been manifested by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
  • Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

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    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 strained, as he wrestled with him.

    26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

    27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

    28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

    29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

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    31And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh.

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    5and said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.

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    9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

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    8and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.

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    1And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

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    15And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.

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    16And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place; and I knew it not.

    17And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

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    30And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.

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    42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

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    11And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

    12And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

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    20and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.

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    2And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.

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    20And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.

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    2And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

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    19And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

    20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

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    6Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

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    11And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.

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    7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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    3and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

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    13And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God that seeth: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that seeth me?

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    1And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

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    32I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

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    23and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen.

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    13And God went up from him in the place where he spake with him.

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    29It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.