Genesis 32:30
King James Version (KJV)
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
In context
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
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.
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
Genesis 32:30 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
- WEB World English Bible
- Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for 'I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel — For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.