Genesis 32:30

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

And Jacob {H3290} called {H7121} the name {H8034} of the place {H4725} Peniel {H6439}: for I have seen {H7200} God {H430} face {H6440} to face {H6440}, and my life {H5315} is preserved {H5337}.

Ya'akov called the place P'ni-El [face of God], "Because I have seen God face to face, yet my life is spared."

So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Numbers 12:8

    With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

  • Exodus 24:10

    And they saw the God of Israel: and [there was] under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in [his] clearness.

  • Exodus 24:11

    And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

  • Genesis 16:13

    And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

  • Isaiah 6:5

    ¶ Then said I, Woe [is] me! for I am undone; because I [am] a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

  • Deuteronomy 5:24

    And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

  • John 1:18

    No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].

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