Peniel

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• Jacob named the place Peniel--"face of God"--for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared." - Genesis 32:30



• The sun rose as he left Peniel,* and he was limping because of his hip.3 - Genesis 32:31



• From there Gideon went up to Peniel* and asked for food, but he got the same answer.1 - Judges 8:8



• So he said to the people of Peniel, "After I return in victory, I will tear down this tower." - Judges 8:9



• He also knocked down the tower of Peniel and killed all the men in the town. - Judges 8:17



• Jeroboam then built up the city of Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and it became his capital. Later he went and built up the town of Peniel.*3 - 1 Kings 12:25

^{New Living Translation Bible used with permission Tyndale House Publishers.}