Genesis 32:30

Webster's Bible (1833)

Jacob called the name of the place Peniel{Peniel means "face of God."}: for, he said, "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 Yahweh shall he see: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
  • Gen 16:13 : 13 She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?"
  • Exod 24:10-11 : 10 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire{or, lapis lazuli} stone, like the skies for clearness. 11 He didn't lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, "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 my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Hosts!"
  • John 1:18 : 18 No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
  • Deut 5:24 : 24 and you said, Behold, Yahweh our God has shown 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 does speak with man, and he lives.
  • Exod 33:19-23 : 19 He said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy." 20 He said, "You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live." 21 Yahweh also said, "Behold, there is a place by me, and you shall stand on the rock. 22 It will happen, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by; 23 then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen."
  • Exod 33:14 : 14 He said, "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 the name of the city was Luz at the first.
  • Deut 34:10 : 10 There has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom Yahweh knew face to face,
  • Judg 6:22-23 : 22 Gideon saw that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, Alas, Lord Yahweh! because I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face. 23 Yahweh said to him, Peace be to you; don't be afraid: you shall not die.
  • Judg 8:8 : 8 He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
  • Judg 8:17 : 17 He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
  • Judg 13:21-22 : 21 But the angel of Yahweh did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Yahweh. 22 Manoah said to 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 lived therein; and he went out from there, 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 who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone 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 you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different gospel;
  • Eph 1:17 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to 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 has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel.
  • Heb 11:27 : 27 By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

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    24Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.

    25When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled.

    26The man said, "Let me go, for the day breaks." Jacob said, "I won't let you go, unless you bless me."

    27He said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob."

    28He said, "Your name will no longer be called 'Jacob,' but, 'Israel,' for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."

    29Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." He said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?" He blessed him there.

  • Gen 32:31
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    31The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.

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    10Jacob said, "Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.

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    5and said to them, "I see the expression on your father's face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

  • Gen 35:9-10
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    9God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.

    10God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel." He named him Israel.

  • Gen 32:8-9
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    8and he said, "If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape."

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

    2When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's host." He called the name of that place Mahanaim.

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    15Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."

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    16Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn't know it."

    17He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."

  • Gen 46:30
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    30Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive."

  • Gen 31:42
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    42Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."

  • Gen 31:11-12
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    11The angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am.'

    12He said, 'Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.

  • Gen 32:20
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    20You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.'" For, he said, "I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me."

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    2Jacob saw the expression on Laban's face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

    3Yahweh said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you."

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    20He said, "You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live."

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    22Gideon saw that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, Alas, Lord Yahweh! because I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face.

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    3Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

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    2God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob!" He said, "Here I am."

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    19He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

    20Jacob 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 clothing to put on,

    21so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,

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

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    11Israel said to Joseph, "I didn't think I would see your face, and, behold, God has let me see your seed also."

  • Gen 35:7
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    7He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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    3Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went."

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    13She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?"

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    1God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."

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    32'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.

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    23then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen."

  • Gen 35:13
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    13God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.

  • Gen 31:29
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    29It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad.'