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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So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, "Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived."
"No, please take them," Jacob said. "If I have found favor in your sight, accept my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, it is as if I have seen the face of God.
The officials of Succoth said, "You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your army?"
He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had.
He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had. He also threatened the men of Penuel, warning, "When I return victoriously, I will tear down this tower."
He also tore down the tower of Penuel and executed the city's men.
Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.