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Genesis 32:30-32
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 32:30-32
New Catholic Bible
30 Jacob said to him, “Give me your name.” He answered, “Why are you asking my name?” And then he blessed him. 31 Jacob called the place Peniel[a] because he said, “I have seen God face to face, and I am still alive.”
32 The sun rose and Jacob left Penuel limping.
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- Genesis 32:31 Peniel: a variant of Penuel, a town north of the Jabbok in Gilead (Jdg 8:8f, 17). I have seen God face to face: apart from the present context, this means to present oneself before God in the sanctuary with offerings for worship (see Deut 16:16).
