Genesis 32:30
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30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[a] saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.”(A)
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- 32.30 That is, the face of God
Exodus 33:18-23
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18 Moses[a] said, “Please show me your glory.” 19 And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you the name, ‘The Lord,’[b] and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.(A) 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one shall see me and live.”(B) 21 And the Lord continued, “See, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, 22 and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by; 23 then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.”(C)
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Judges 6:22-23
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22 Then Gideon perceived that it was the angel of the Lord, and Gideon said, “Help me, Lord God! For I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.”(A) 23 But the Lord said to him, “Peace be to you; do not fear; you shall not die.”
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