29 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.

30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: 'for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.'

Genesis 32:29-30, JPS Tanakh 1917. Public domain.
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