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Genesis 32:30 KJV
Genesis · chapter 32 · verse 30 · King James Version
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.Genesis 32:30 · King James Version
Genesis 32:30 in context
28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
31And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
Key words (Strong's)
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- PenielPᵉnûwʼêlPenuel or Peniel, a place East of JordanH6439 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- seenrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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