Genesis 32 · Verse 30

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.
Genesis 32:30, King James Version

Genesis 32:30 in other translations

BSBSo Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
WEBJacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
ASVAnd Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
YLTAnd Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for ‘I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;'
DARBYAnd Jacob called the name of the place Peniel — For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.
BBEAnd Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
WebsterAnd Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

What does Genesis 32:30 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 32:24-32

A great while before day, Jacob being alone, more fully spread his fears before God in prayer. While thus employed, One in the likeness of a man wrestled with him. When the spirit helpeth our infirmities, and our earnest and vast desires can scarcely find words to utter them, and we still mean more than we can express, then prayer is indeed wrestling with God. However tried or discouraged, we shall prevail; and…

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Genesis 32:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּקְרָ֧אvai.yik.Ra'and he calledH7121
יַעֲקֹ֛בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
שֵׁ֥םshem[the] name ofH8034
הַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725
פְּנִיאֵ֑לpe.ni.'ElPenielH6439
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
רָאִ֤יתִיra.'I.tiI have seenH7200
אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimGodH430
פָּנִ֣יםpa.NimfaceH6440
אֶל\־'el-toH413
פָּנִ֔יםpa.NimfaceH6440
וַתִּנָּצֵ֖לva.ti.na.Tzeland it has been deliveredH5337
נַפְשִֽׁי\׃naf.Shilife myH5315

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Cross references for Genesis 32:30

  • Exodus 24:10-11

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

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • 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?

  • Exodus 33:19-23

    And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: …

  • 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.

  • 2 Timothy 1:10

    But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

  • Exodus 33:14

    And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

  • Hebrews 11:27

    By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

  • Ephesians 1:17

    That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

  • Judges 8:8

    And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jacob.
31
Penuel.
28:19; Jud 8:8,17; 1Ki 12:25
Peniel. i.e., the face of God.Peniel, or Penuel, was evidently situated near the ford of Jabbok, on the north of that stream, about forty miles from Jerusalem.
I have.
16:13; Ex 24:10,11; 33:14,19-23; Nu 12:8; De 5:24; 34:10
Jud 6:22,23; 13:21,22; Isa 6:5; Joh 1:18; 2Co 3:18; 4:6; Ga 1:6
Eph 1:17; Col 1:15; 2Ti 1:10; Heb 11:27

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Context

  • Genesis 32:29

    And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

  • 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.

  • Genesis 32:31

    And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

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Genesis 32:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y llamó Jacob el nombre de aquel lugar, Peniel: porque vi á Dios cara á cara, y fué librada mi alma.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Jacob demanda, et dit: Je te prie, déclare-moi ton nom. Et il dit: Pourquoi demandes-tu mon nom? Et il le bénit là.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jakob gab dem Orte den Namen Pniel: denn ich habe Gott von Angesicht zu Angesicht gesehen, und meine Seele ist gerettet worden!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Vocavitque Jacob nomen loci illius Phanuel, dicens: Vidi Deum facie ad faciem, et salva facta est anima mea.