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Peniel

브니엘

Peniel

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GEN 32:24–30, engwebp
²⁴Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
²⁵When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, the man touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained as he wrestled.
²⁶The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”
²⁷He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob”.
²⁸He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
²⁹Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” So he blessed him there.
³⁰Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
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GEN 32:31–32, engwebp
³¹The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
³²Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.
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AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-20

Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

Unresolved interpretation: Peniel of Genesis 32:30–31 and Penuel of Judges 8

Genesis 32:30 says, “Jacob called the name of the place Peniel,” and 32:31 says, “The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel.” The Korean Revised Version also writes 브니엘 in both verses.
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- GEN 32:24–30, engwebp
  ²⁴Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
  ²⁵When he saw that he didn’t prevail against him, the man touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained as he wrestled.
  ²⁶The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”
  ²⁷He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob”.
  ²⁸He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
  ²⁹Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He said, “Why is it that you ask what my name is?” So he blessed him there.
  ³⁰Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
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- GEN 32:31–32, engwebp
  ³¹The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
  ³²Therefore the children of Israel don’t eat the sinew of the hip, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day, because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.
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Judges 8:4–9 has Gideon pass over the Jordan with the three hundred men and ask the men of Succoth for bread, and then says, “He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.” At 8:17 he breaks down the tower of Penuel, and kills the men of the city. The Korean Revised Version writes 브누엘.
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- JDG 8:4–9, engwebp
  ⁴Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
  ⁵He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
  ⁶The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”
  ⁷Gideon said, “Therefore when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”
  ⁸He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
  ⁹He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”
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- JDG 8:13–17, engwebp
  ¹³Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
  ¹⁴He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.
  ¹⁵He came to the men of Succoth, and said, “See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’”
  ¹⁶He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
  ¹⁷He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
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1 Kings 12:25 says, “Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there and built Penuel.” The Korean Revised Version writes 부느엘.
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- 1KI 12:25, engwebp
  ²⁵Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there and built Penuel.
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Genesis 32:30–31 gives the name Peniel to the place Jacob named; Judges 8:8–9 and 8:17 give the name Penuel to the place Gideon went up to from Succoth; and 1 Kings 12:25 gives the name Penuel to the place Jeroboam built when he went out from Shechem, where he lived. The Korean Revised Version writes the three names 브니엘, 브누엘 and 부느엘, and WEB writes Peniel, Penuel and Penuel. This collection records 부느엘 with 브누엘 under Penuel, the same English name. The text does not say whether Peniel and Penuel are the same place. This collection records Peniel apart from Penuel and does not decide whether they are the same place.

Geographic sources & candidates

Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Penuel” by name and 2 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh (confidence 694 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.

AI-assisted source review; human approval pending, 2026-09-29

Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh
OpenBible.info confidence 694 of 1000 (current scholarship)
32.18702, 35.69211
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Penuel” (CC BY 4.0)

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Narrated location (2) — Jacob wrestles and is named Israel, Passing Peniel, and the limp

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Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for he said, “I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

Genesis 32:31 Open that verse

The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.

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Entry: Peniel (place-peniel)
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Current wording: Peniel
Cited evidence: GEN 32:24–30, engwebp / GEN 32:31–32, engwebp
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