Genesis 32:30

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“So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.””

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BSBPD

“So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for `I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 32:30 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 16:13So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
  2. Genesis 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
  3. Genesis 35:9After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
  4. Exodus 24:10and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
  5. Exodus 33:14And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
  6. Exodus 33:19“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
  7. Numbers 12:8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
  8. Deuteronomy 5:24and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.
  9. Deuteronomy 34:10Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—
  10. Judges 6:22When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
  11. Judges 8:8From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
  12. Judges 8:17He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
  13. Judges 13:17Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?”
  14. Judges 13:18“Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”
  15. Judges 13:21And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.
  16. 1 Kings 12:25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
  17. Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
  18. Isaiah 9:5For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
  19. John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
  20. 2 Corinthians 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
  21. 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  22. Galatians 1:6I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
  23. Ephesians 1:17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
  24. Colossians 1:15The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

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