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penuel

penuel


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Penuel 
  face  of  God,  a  place  not  far  from  Succoth,  on  the  east  of  the 
  Jordan  and  north  of  the  river  Jabbok.  It  is  also  called 
  "Peniel."  Here  Jacob  wrestled  (Gen.  32:24-32)  "with  a  man"  ("the 
  angel",  Hos.  12:4.  Jacob  says  of  him  "I  have  seen  God  face  to 
  face")  "till  the  break  of  day." 
 
  A  town  was  afterwards  built  there  (Judg.  8:8;  1  Kings  12:25). 
  The  men  of  this  place  refused  to  succour  Gideon  and  his  little 
  army  when  they  were  in  pursuit  of  the  Midianites  (Judg.  8:1-21). 
  On  his  return,  Gideon  slew  the  men  of  this  city  and  razed  its 
  lofty  watch-tower  to  the  ground. 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Penuel,  same  as  Peniel