30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[a] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face,(A) and yet my life was spared.”

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  1. Genesis 32:30 Peniel means face of God.

31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel,[a](A) and he was limping because of his hip.

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  1. Genesis 32:31 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel

From there he went up to Peniel[a](A) and made the same request of them, but they answered as the men of Sukkoth had.

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  1. Judges 8:8 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel; also in verses 9 and 17

17 He also pulled down the tower of Peniel(A) and killed the men of the town.(B)

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