29 雅各说:“请你告诉我你的名字。”那人说:“你为什么问我的名字?”他就在那里给雅各祝福。 30 雅各称那地方为毗努伊勒,因为他说:“我当面见过上帝,竟能活命。” 31 雅各经过毗努伊勒的时候,太阳出来了,那时他的大腿瘸了。

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29 Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.”(A)

But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?”(B) Then he blessed(C) him there.

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:30 Peniel means face of God.
  2. Genesis 32:31 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel