Peniel
The place east of the Jordan, also spelled Penuel, where Jacob wrestled through the night with a mysterious figure and was renamed Israel. He called it Peniel — 'the face of God' — and left it limping (Genesis 32:22-32).
Where in scripture
[22] He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of the Jabbok. [23] He took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had. [24] Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day. [25] When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained, as he wrestled. [26] The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go, unless you bless me.” [27] He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob”. [28] He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.” …
Genesis 32:22–32 — opening verses — cited in the description of Peniel
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
Events here
On these journeys
- The wanderings of Jacob — Jacob
