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- Jacob named the place Peniel (which means “face of God”), for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.”
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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
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Jacob gives a new name to the place. He calls it Peniel, the...
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30 NIV - Genesis 32:30 So Jacob named the place Peniel,...
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So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have...
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30 ESV - Genesis 32:30 So Jacob named the place Peniel,...
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30 NLT - Genesis 32:30 So Jacob named the place Peniel,...
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30 NASB - Genesis 32:30 So Jacob named the place Peniel,...
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And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I...
- Genesis 38
Verse 7. - And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the...
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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.
- Jacob Sees God’s Camp: Mahanaim
- Jacob’s Two Camps
- Two Names, Two Sources
- The Night in Mahanaim: Verses 14 and 22
- The Penuel Stories
- Tulul Adh-Dhahab
- Why Does Jacob Not Build An Altar in Penuel
- The Holy Twin Cities
After concluding a treaty with Laban at Gilead, Jacob continues into the Transjordan, where he encounters a group of angels. In this story, the place name Mahanaim derives from Jacob having seen God’s camp full of angels at that spot.It then immediately moves on to Jacob’s preparations for meeting Esau.
One of the reasons Jacob left home and went to Aram was because his mother overheard his brother Esau saying that he (Esau) will kill Jacob (Gen 27:41–42). Now that Jacob is returning home, he is afraid that his brother will make good on his promise. Jacob decides to be proactive and sends Esau a message that he lived with Laban for years and is on...
Why does Mahanaim have two etymologies? The simple answer is because each comes from a different source.
After his prayer, Jacob continues by sending gifts to placate Esau (32:14b-22). Before he does this, the text surprisingly interrupts Jacob’s furious action by stating that he rested there for the night: The traditional commentator, R. Moses Alshich (1508-1593, Safed), already noted how problematic this interruption of the action is (commentary on ...
The next episode in Jacob’s journey continues in v. 15, when Jacob wakes up in the middle of the night, and crosses his family over the Jabbok Stream, remaining on his own on the south side of the stream, where Esau will ostensibly appear the next morning in the J narrative. At this point, Jacob is attacked and wrestles with a man/angel. The timeli...
Why is it that both E and J connect the Mahanaim and Penuel stories? The answer lies in the geography of these two cities: they are located on opposite sides of the Jabbok, in close proximity to each other. Thus, standing at the stream between the two cities, one could refer to both. About 6 km. east of Tell Deir Alla, biblical Sukkot, the Jabbok S...
The continuation of J is clear. The Mahanaim and Penuel episodes are part of the larger story about Jacob meeting Esau, and the story continues with the meeting between the brothers. After this meeting, and Jacob’s promise to meet Esau in Seir, Jacob instead heads west to Sukkot (Deir Alla) and then across the Jordan River, to Shechem (33:17-18),ne...
In sum, according to E, Jacob’s journey away from his home begins with Jacob encountering a sacred place, where God and his entourage dwell, and naming it Beth-el. The journey ends with his return to the land, where he encounters a similar sacred place, the twin cities of Mahanaim and Penuel, and names them as well. In Beth-el, Jacob set up a pilla...
God had called him back to Bethel, the place of his spiritual beginnings, (Gen. 31:13) but that return (both practically and spiritually) had not yet occurred. Peniel would become the place in which Jacob would “turn around” would become the defining event in spiritual life.
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).
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.”
Genesis 32:30. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel. In ( Genesis 32:31 ) ; Penuel, which signifies the face of God, or God hath looked upon me, or hath had respect to me: there was afterwards a city built here, called by the same name; see ( Judges 8:8 ) ( 1 Kings 12:25 ) ; it is said F11 to be four miles from Mahanaim; the reason of ...
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