 | William McGirr - 1854 - 420 pages
...(Gen. 32c. 24v.) And in verse 30, "And he (Jacob) called the name of the place Peniel ; for I havo seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."...Jacob, and whom he saw there, is styled el, (God.) And in verse 28, " And he (the angel,) said thy name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel ; for... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 308 pages
...blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel : " — that is, the face of God, — "for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." Who was this mysterious being that wrestled with the patriarch ? The answer is, it was unquestionably... | |
 | John Owen - 1854 - 582 pages
...dost thou ask after my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel : for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." This story is twice reflected upon in the Scripture afterwards : once by Jacob himself, Gen. xlviii.... | |
 | Church of England - 1855 - 844 pages
...dost ask after my name ? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place PCniel : 6 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. Therefore the children... | |
 | Henry Law - 1855 - 284 pages
...you. Earth is yours to serve you. Jacob receives a name and gives a name. He calls the place Peniel, " for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." Reader, again I say, be an Israelite indeed, and every place will be your Peniel. In every scene you... | |
 | John Kitto - 1855 - 676 pages
...dost ask after my name ? And he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place "Peniel: v- v-` v- ' Th«t in. lieu luall, or cnmft. * 11e\>.j!tM. • Chap. 31. 13. 4 Hell. 7 an .'«jl/mi c//, &c. >... | |
 | Robert Slack - 1856 - 474 pages
...dost ask after my name ? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel : for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. " And as he passed over Peniel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh." ' The above incident... | |
 | Henry Hamlet Dobney - 1856 - 324 pages
...dost ask after my name ? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel ; for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved !' patriarchs, honored as are their names for ever, to have those loftier conceptions of the Divine... | |
 | Tommy Tenney - 2003 - 273 pages
...that you ask about My name?" And He blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: "For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."2 After one or two hours of wrestling and grappling for the advantage, Jacob probably felt... | |
 | Russell R. Standish, Colin D. Standish - 2004 - 292 pages
...dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. 10And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Genesis 32:24-30 As the Scripture indicates, Peniel means "face of God." Jacob's new name, given him... | |
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Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 
