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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.”
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Verse 30. Phanuel. This word signifies the face of God, or the sight, or seeing of God. Challoner.—Hebrew reads here Peni-el, though it has Phanuel in the next verse. Jacob thus returns thanks to God for the preservation of his life, after having seen God or his angel in a corporeal form, and not in a dream only. Calmet.
Peniel means “face of God”.
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