30 So Jacob called the name of the place [a]Peniel: “For (A)I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

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  1. Genesis 32:30 Lit. Face of God

30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[a] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face,(A) and yet my life was spared.”

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  1. Genesis 32:30 Peniel means face of God.

31 Just as he crossed over [a]Penuel the sun rose on him, and he limped on his hip.

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  1. Genesis 32:31 Lit. Face of God; same as Peniel, v. 30

31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel,[a](A) and he was limping because of his hip.

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  1. Genesis 32:31 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel

Jeroboam’s Gold Calves

25 Then Jeroboam (A)built[a] Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and dwelt there. Also he went out from there and built (B)Penuel.

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  1. 1 Kings 12:25 fortified

Golden Calves at Bethel and Dan

25 Then Jeroboam fortified Shechem(A) in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. From there he went out and built up Peniel.[a](B)

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  1. 1 Kings 12:25 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel