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.” 31 Just as he crossed over [b]Penuel the sun rose on him, and he limped on his hip. 32 Therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank, which is on the hip socket, because He [c]touched the socket of Jacob’s hip in the muscle that shrank.

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Footnotes

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

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