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 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

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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

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