 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
 | F. W. Adams - 1843 - 262 pages
...said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me," which, it seems he did; and therefore " Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." Now, do you, think that this adventure betwecn Jacob and God Almighty, in the form and physical character... | |
 | Protestant association - 1843 - 778 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." Now, that the man who appeared to Joshua was God, is clear, from the expression in the 27th verse of... | |
 | 1843 - 912 pages
...thou dost ask t after my name? And he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place h ! 31 And as he passed over Penuel, the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32 Therefore... | |
 | Harriet Livermore - 1843 - 310 pages
...wrestling with GOD ; for so it is written " he had power with GOD," Hosea — and Jacob's assertion is, " I have seen GOD face to face, and my life is preserved." This testimony we are bound to believe, at the peril of our salvation we deny GOD'S truth. Now let us see... | |
 | Henry Blunt - 1844 - 368 pages
...he said, Wherefore is it tliat thou dost ask after my name ? And he blessed him there. 30. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 31. And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32. Therefore... | |
 | 1844 - 562 pages
...as if the explanation were to be satisfactory — "he blessed him there. And Jacob called the nnme of the place Peniel : for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." It is interesting to observe, that that example of importunity and its success, was presented at a... | |
 | 1848 - 672 pages
...askest thou after my name ? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Phenuel : for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. And the sun rose upon him, as he passed over Phenuel, but he halted on his hip." A dark night-piece... | |
 | 1845 - 822 pages
...kingdom. Prophecies cease, and tongues fail ; but the name of Israel abides unto the end. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel : " for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." " And as he passed over Peniel, the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh." For the angel... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 642 pages
...Israel ; for " as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast " prevailed. 30. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel ; " for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." There wrestled a man with him. That he who appeared to the patriarchs, to Moses, and the prophets,... | |
 | 1856 - 880 pages
...further saith, " I will not let thee go, except thou bless me." And God blest him there ; " And he called the name of the place Peniel, for I have seen God face to face, . and my life is preserved." To seek God's help 1 only, and not to seek his face, the beauty and loveliness of his face, is to me,... | |
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