 | Peter R. Carrell - 1997 - 304 pages
...name?' (Gen. 32.30). He then blesses Jacob and recognition dawns on Jacob who names the place Peniel, saying, 'For I have seen God face to face and yet my life has been preserved' (Gen. 32.30). In the second story the angel of the LORD replies to Manoah's inquiry... | |
 | J. William Whedbee - 1998 - 336 pages
...fails to learn his opponent's name, but he does name the place Peniel ("face of God"), saying simply, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved" (Gen. 32:30). Jacob's departure from this momentous encounter is one of the most compelling in Scripture:... | |
 | Tom Harpur - 1998 - 262 pages
...calling the name of the place, Peniel, which is Hebrew for "The face of God." He gives us his reason: "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved" (Genesis 32:30). In Genesis, God is said to have chosen many people to do his will and to begin what... | |
 | James L. Kugel - 1998 - 1092 pages
...explaining this name just after Jacob has gotten his blessing: So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been preserved." — Gen. 32:30 Similarly: And Jacob called the name of that place "Appearance... | |
 | Theodore Pulcini - 1998 - 224 pages
...("El") and actually means the "capture" (asr) of God. Besides, after this episode Jacob exclaimed, "I have seen God face to face and yet my life is preserved" (Gen. 32:30). In this passage the Torah obviously contradicts not only the incorporeality of God but... | |
 | Nancy Siemers - 1999 - 214 pages
...with humans, and have prevailed. . . ." And there he blessed him. So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet...my life is preserved." The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip. . . Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and 400 men... | |
 | David F. Ford - 1999 - 322 pages
...Then the whole incident is summed up: 'So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel [face of God], saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved" ' (v. 30). The context of this face to face seeing has been mortally dangerous, wounding combat. Rembrandt... | |
 | 1999 - 844 pages
...you ask my name?" And there he blessed him. 30So Jacob called the name of the place EX 33:20 Penici/ saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life ' Cor 13:12 ing feature of the religious nature of the people of God. We discover the significance... | |
 | William P. Brown - 1999 - 484 pages
..."Look, I am with you" (28:15). Jacob names the wrestling venue Peniel ("God's face"), explaining, "I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved" (32:30b). Jacob perceives the match as nothing short of a revelation about himself, his patron God,... | |
 | Arthur E. Zannoni - 2000 - 116 pages
...said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And there he blessed him. So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved." Genesis 32:22-30 J>ible Language and (jod Language All scripture is inspired by God. (2 Timothy 3:16)... | |
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So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved. 
