Genesis 32:30

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Jacob said, 'Please tell me your name.' But he replied, 'Why do you ask my name?' Then he blessed him there.

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  • Num 12:8 : 8 With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?'
  • Gen 16:13 : 13 So Hagar called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, 'You are the God who sees me,' for she said, 'Have I truly seen the One who sees me here?'
  • Exod 24:10-11 : 10 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself. 11 But God did not raise his hand against the leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, "Woe to me! For I am ruined because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts."
  • John 1:18 : 18 No one has ever seen God; the one and only Son, who is in the closest relationship with the Father, has made Him known.
  • Deut 5:24 : 24 And you said, 'Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them.
  • Exod 33:19-23 : 19 And the LORD said, 'I will cause all My goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim My name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.' 20 But He added, 'You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.' 21 Then the LORD said, 'There is a place near Me where you may stand on a rock.' 22 When My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will remove My hand, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.'
  • Exod 33:14 : 14 The LORD replied, 'My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.'
  • Gen 28:19 : 19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but previously the name of the city was called Luz.
  • Deut 34:10 : 10 Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face.
  • Judg 6:22-23 : 22 When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the Lord, he exclaimed, 'Alas, Sovereign Lord! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!' 23 But the Lord said to him, 'Peace be with you. Do not be afraid; you will not die.'
  • Judg 8:8 : 8 From there he went up to Penuel and made the same request of them, but they answered him just as the men of Succoth had.
  • Judg 8:17 : 17 He also tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
  • Judg 13:21-22 : 21 The angel of the Lord did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. Then Manoah realized that he was the angel of the Lord. 22 Manoah said to his wife, "We are sure to die, because we have seen God!"
  • 1 Kgs 12:25 : 25 Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 And we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this transformation comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Gal 1:6 : 6 I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from the One who called you by the grace of Christ to a different gospel—
  • Eph 1:17 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better.
  • Col 1:15 : 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
  • 2 Tim 1:10 : 10 and has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
  • Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king, for he persevered as though seeing the one who is invisible.

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