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Peniel
People's Dictionary of the Bible
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Peniel (pe-nî'el), face of God. The name which Jacob gave to the place in which he had wrestled with God: "He called the name of the place Peniel; (face of God), for. I have seen God face to face." Genesis 32:30. Called also Penuel. Genesis 32:31; Judges 8:17; 1 Kings 12:25. Peniel lay somewhere on the Jabbok, now Zerka, a few miles north of the glen where the Jabbok falls into the Jordan.
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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Peniel'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​p/peniel.html. 1893.
Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Peniel'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​p/peniel.html. 1893.