³⁰ Jacob named the place Peniel (which means "face of God"), for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared."

³⁰ So Jacob called the place Peniel,[1] saying, "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared."

³⁰ Jacob named the place Peniel (God's Face) because, he said, "I saw God face-to-face and lived to tell the story!"