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Nov 23, 2018 · In this story, the place name Mahanaim derives from Jacob having seen God’s camp full of angels at that spot.[1] It then immediately moves on to Jacob’s preparations for meeting Esau. Jacob’s Two Camps
Mar 22, 2018 · The first version of the EHV read: “Jacob named the place Peniel, 1 because he said, ‘I have seen God face to face, and my life has been spared.’ The sun rose as he crossed over at Peniel, and he was limping because of his thigh.”
So when Jacob sees this, he names the place "camp two" or "second camp" (so to speak). He apparently does not believe God moved His main base of operations from His house , Bethel (Gen 28:19), but has a host large enough to maintain a second base of operation, here termed a "camp."
Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” Literal Translations Literal Standard Version
Jan 4, 2022 · So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ‘It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared’” Genesis 32:24–30). Jacob wrestles with “a man” at Peniel. Hosea 12:4 identifies the “man” as an angel.
He has received a new name and a blessing, after finally admitting his true name—symbolically, by confessing that he is a "heel puller" and a "usurper:" that he is Ya'aqōb, or "Jacob," rather than once again pretending to be someone else in order to gain a blessing (Genesis 27:19).
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Mar 11, 2019 · Some people identify Archangel Phanuel as the man who wrestles with Jacob because of the connection between Phanuel's name and the name "Peniel." This is the name Jacob gave to the place where he struggled with the man.
