Reference: Penuel
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A place E. of Jordan, and near the Jabbok, at which Jacob wrestled with the angel (Ge 32:24 ff.), and said (Ge 32:30) to be called Peniel (or Penuel), i.e. 'Face of God,' because Jacob said, 'I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.' (The mention of the 'face of God' in Ge 33:10 makes it possible that another explanation of the origin of the name is there alluded to.) There was, however, in Ph
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And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered."
Jacob said, "No, please, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand. For I have seen your face, which is like seeing the face of God, and you have accepted me.
And the officials of Succoth said, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?"
And from there he went up to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way, and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
And from there he went up to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way, and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered. And he said to the men of Penuel, "When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower."
And he broke down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And he went out from there and built Penuel.