30 So Jacob called the name of the place [a]Peniel: “For (A)I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

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  1. Genesis 32:30 Lit. Face of God

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 Just as he crossed over [a]Penuel the sun rose on him, and he limped on his hip.

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  1. Genesis 32:31 Lit. Face of God; same as Peniel, v. 30

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

Then he went up from there (A)to Penuel and spoke to them in the same way. And the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.

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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 (A)Then he tore down the tower of (B)Penuel and killed the men of the city.

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

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