30So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared."


In Context

27 The man asked him, "What is your name?" "Jacob," he answered.

28 Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome."

29 Jacob said, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there.

30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared."

31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip.

32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob's hip was touched near the tendon.

Genesis 32:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for,'said he , I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel For I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:30Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, |I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

32:30And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for 'I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.