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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Peniel
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Peniel or Penuel
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Peniel
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Peniel
Hitchcock Bible Names
• Peniel
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Peniel
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Peniel
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Peniel
People's Bible Dictionary
• Peniel
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Peniel
Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Peniel
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Peniel
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Peniel
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Peniel
• Peniel, Solomon B. Abraham
Lexicons
• פְּנואֵּל פְּנואֵּל, פְּנִיאֵל, , פְּנִיאֵל

Peni'el. (face of God). The name, which Jacob gave to the place, in which he had wrestled with God: "He called the name of the place, 'face of El,' for I have seen Elohim face to face." Genesis 32:30. In Genesis 32:31, and the other passages in which the name occurs, its form is changed to Penuel. From the narrative, it is evident that Peniel lay somewhere, on the north bank of the Jabbok, and between that torrent, and the fords of the Jordan at Succoth, a few miles north of the glen, where the Jabbok falls into the Jordan.