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So Jacobוַ יַעֲקֹבcalledיִּקְרָאthe nameשֵׁםof the placeהַמָּקוֹםPeniel,פְּנִיאֵל“ForכִּיI have seenרָאִיתִיElohimאֱלֹהִיםfaceפָּנִיםtoאֶלface,פָּנִיםand my lifeוַ נַפְשִׁיhas been delivered.”תִּנָּצֵל
Genesis 32:30
Study it in the app“So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, “For I have seen Elohim face to face, and my life has been delivered.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 32:30, word by word
- So Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- calledיִּקְרָאyikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of the placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- Penielפְּנִיאֵלpeniel
Penuel, Peniel
Penuel (or Peniel): "face of God". A place by the Jabbok river, later a town; also the name of two Israelites.
Where else “peniel” appears- I have seenרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- faceפָּנִיםpanim
presence
Literally "the face": being before someone, face to face.
Where else “panim” appears- and my lifeנַפְשִׁnafshi
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appears- has been deliveredתִּנָּצֵלtinatsel
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “tinatsel” appears
Translation note
“Peniel” means “face of El.”
The context
29Jacob asked and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask about my name?” And he blessed him there.
30 · This verse (above)
31The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
To study Genesis 32 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jacob do before meeting Esau, and what happened to him at the Jabbok (vv. 7-24)?
2. What it means
What is the meaning of Jacob receiving the name Israel (v. 28)?
3. How I live it
What fear can you bring honestly to Elohim in prayer today?