 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.  The Works of of the Late Reverend Robert Traill - Page 198by Robert Traill - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Humphrey Moore - 1824 - 368 pages
..."Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of. the day. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for I have seen God face to face." Because angels appeared, at times, in human likeness, and were called men; because Christ, in the early... | |
 | Ethan Smith - 1824 - 214 pages
...name ? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel ; (the face of God) for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." Compare this with Hosea xii. 3, — " He took his brother by the heel in the •womb, and by his strength... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 636 pages
...blessing from him (upon which he departed,) ' Jacob called the name of the place Peniel ; for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.' This Person is called by Hosea, God, the Angel, and Jehovah. ' He had power with God ; yea, he had power... | |
 | 918 pages
...presence and existence by the benefits we receive. He makes himself known by blessing us. - And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." It is important always to bear in mind the reason why God did not bless Jacob until the breaking of... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 432 pages
...and he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name ? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel : for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. On this singular manifestation of God to his servant, we offer the following remarks : (1.) It does... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 432 pages
...and he said, Wherefore is it that tJiou dost ask after my name ? And he blested him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel : for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. On this singular manifestation of God to his servant, we offer the following remarks : (1.) It does... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 480 pages
...And He blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel (that is, the face of God); for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." Gen. xxxii. 24, &c. This is one of the most extraordinary narratives that occur in the patriarchal... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1825 - 604 pages
...blessing from rum, (upon which he departed) Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. This Person is called by Hosca, God, the Angel, and JEHOVAH. He had power with God ; yea, he had power over... | |
 | 1826 - 104 pages
...too. " As a prince hast thou poweV with God and with men, and hast prevailed,! said Jacob's God. Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." Was it the will of Moses's God to keep mankind in ignorance, lest man should know more than God, and... | |
 | Elijah Bailey - 1826 - 364 pages
...wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name ? and he blessed him there.'' And in verse 30; " And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel ; for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." And again, Genesis, chapter 48, verses 15 & 16, " And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom... | |
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