Genesis 32 (chosen pages)
(Gen 32, 25-31) I have seen God face to face
[25] Jacob was left there alone. Then some man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. [26] When the man saw that he could not prevail over him, he struck Jacob's hip at its socket, so that the hip socket was wrenched as they wrestled. [27] The man then said, "Let me go, for it is daybreak." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go until you bless me." [28] "What is your name?" the man asked. He answered, "Jacob." [29] Then the man said, "You shall no longer be spoken of as Jacob, but as Israel, because you have contended with divine and human beings and have prevailed." [30] Jacob then asked him, "Do tell me your name, please." He answered, "Why should you want to know my name?" With that, he bade him farewell. [31] Jacob named the place Peniel, "Because I have seen God face to face," he said, "yet my life has been spared."
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