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

But he answered, “Why do you want to know my name?” Then he blessed Jacob.

30 Jacob said, “I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive”; so he named the place Peniel.[a] 31 The sun rose as Jacob was leaving Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:30 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “the face of God.”

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