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Genesis 32:30
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KJ21
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel [that is, The face of God]: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
ASV
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
AMP
So Jacob named the place Peniel (the face of God), saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life has not been snatched away.”
AMPC
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel [the face of God], saying, For I have seen God face to face, and my life is spared and not snatched away.
BRG
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
CSB
Jacob then named the place Peniel, “For I have seen God face to face,” he said, “yet my life has been spared.”
CSBA
Jacob then named the place Peniel, ‘For I have seen God face to face,’ he said, ‘yet my life has been spared.’
CEB
Jacob named the place Peniel, “because I’ve seen God face-to-face, and my life has been saved.”
CJB
Ya‘akov asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he answered, “Why are you asking about my name?” and blessed him there.
CEV
Jacob said, “I have seen God face to face, and I am still alive.” So he named the place Peniel.
DARBY
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel—For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.
DRA
And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.
ERV
So Jacob named that place Peniel. He said, “At this place, I saw God face to face, but my life was spared.”
EASY
So Jacob called the place Peniel. He said, ‘I have seen God face to face, and I am still alive!’
EHV
Jacob named the place Peniel, because he said, “I have seen God face-to-face, and my life has been spared.”
ESV
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.”
ESVUK
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.”
EXB
So Jacob named that place Peniel [C sounds like “face of God” in Hebrew], saying, “I have seen God face to face, but my life was ·saved [spared].”
GNV
And Jacob called the name of the place, Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
GW
So Jacob named that place Peniel [Face of God], because he said, “I have seen God face to face, but my life was saved.”
GNT
Jacob said, “I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive”; so he named the place Peniel.
HCSB
Jacob then named the place Peniel, “For I have seen God face to face,” he said, “and I have been delivered.”
ICB
So Jacob named that place Peniel. He said, “I have seen God face to face. But my life was saved.”
ISV
Jacob would later call that place Peniel, because “I saw God face to face, but my life was spared.”
JUB
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for I have seen God face to face, and my soul was saved.
KJV
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
AKJV
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
LSB
So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been delivered.”
LEB
Then Jacob called the name of the place Peniel which means “I have seen God face to face and my life was spared.”
TLB
Jacob named the place “Peniel” (“The Face of God”), for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is spared.”
MSG
Jacob named the place Peniel (God’s Face) because, he said, “I saw God face-to-face and lived to tell the story!”
MEV
Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.”
NOG
So Jacob named that place Peniel [Face of God], because he said, “I have seen Elohim face to face, but my life was saved.”
NABRE
Jacob then asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He answered, “Why do you ask for my name?” With that, he blessed him.
NASB
So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.”
NASB1995
So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved.”
NCB
Jacob said to him, “Give me your name.” He answered, “Why are you asking my name?” And then he blessed him.
NCV
So Jacob named that place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, but my life was saved.”
NET
So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, “Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”
NIRV
So Jacob named the place Peniel. He said, “I saw God face to face. But I’m still alive!”
NIV
So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
NIVUK
So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ‘It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.’
NKJV
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
NLV
So Jacob gave the place the name of Peniel. For he said, “I have seen God face to face, and yet I am still alive.”
NLT
Jacob named the place Peniel (which means “face of God”), for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.”
NRSVA
So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ‘For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.’
NRSVACE
So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ‘For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.’
NRSVCE
So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.”
NRSVUE
So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.”
OJB
And Ya’akov called the shem of the makom (place) Peniel [Face of G-d): for I have seen Elohim panim el panim, and my nefesh is saved.
RGT
And Jacob called the name of the place, Peniel. “For,” he said, “I have seen God face to face; and my life is preserved.”
RSV
So Jacob called the name of the place Peni′el, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.”
RSVCE
So Jacob called the name of the place Peni′el, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.”
TLV
Then Jacob asked and said, “Please tell me Your name.” But He said, “What’s this—you are asking My name?” Then He blessed him there.
VOICE
So Jacob called the place Peniel because as he said, “I have come face to face with God, and yet my life was spared.”
WEB
Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
WYC
And Jacob called the name of that place Penuel, and said, I saw the Lord face to face, and my life is made safe. (And Jacob named that place Peniel, or The face of God, saying, For I saw the Lord face to face, and yet my life was spared.)
YLT
And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for `I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;'
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