Genesis 32:30 · WEB
“Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."”
— Genesis 32:30
Speaker
Jacob
Era
Patriarchs (~2000 BC)
Emotion
worship
Type
narrative
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
divine encounterpreservationrevelationtestimony
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