New American Standard Bible 1995

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So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved."

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
So Jacob a son of Isaac, also his desc. Noun H3290 יַעֲקֹ֛ב ya·'a·kov
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named to call, proclaim, read Verb H7121 וַיִּקְרָ֧א vai·yik·ra
the place a standing place, place Noun H4725 הַמָּקֹ֖ום ham·ma·ko·vm
Peniel, "face of God," a place E. of the Jordan, also two Isr. Noun H6439 פְּנִיאֵ֑ל pe·ni·'el;
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for [he said], "I have seen to see Verb H7200 רָאִ֤יתִי ra·'i·ti
God God, god Noun H430 אֱלֹהִים֙ e·lo·him
face face, faces Noun H6440 פָּנִ֣ים pa·nim
to face, face, faces Noun H6440 פָּנִ֔ים pa·nim,
yet my life a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion Noun H5315 נַפְשִֽׁי׃ naf·shi.
has been preserved." to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver Verb H5337 וַתִּנָּצֵ֖ל vat·tin·na·tzel

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Peniel

PENIELpe-ni'-el, pen'-i-el, pe'-ni-el (peni'el, "face of God"; Eidos theou): This is the form of the name in Genesis 32:30. In the next verse and elsewhere it appears as "Penuel." The name is said to have been given to the place by Jacob after his night of wrestling by the Jabbok, because, as he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."... View Details

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Jacob

Jacob, the son of Isaac, and twin to Esau. Jacob [N] [B] [H] [S] one who follows on another's heels; supplanter, ( Genesis 25:26 ;  27:36 ;  Hosea 12:2-4 ), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty-nine years old. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, an... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved."
King James Bible So And Jacob named called the name of the place Peniel, Peniel: for he said, "I I have seen God face to face, yet and my life has been is preserved."
Hebrew Greek English So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved."