Genesis 32
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Genesis 32:29-31

29ThenJacobH3290askedוַיִּשְׁאַ֣לvai.yish.'AlH7592him and saidH559, “Pleaseנָּ֣אna'H4994tellהַגִּֽידָה־ha.gi.dah-H5046me your nameH8034.”But he saidH559, “Whyלָ֥מָּהLa.mahH4100is it that you askתִּשְׁאַ֣לtish.'AlH7592my nameH8034?”And he blessedוַיְבָ֥רֶךְvay.Va.rekhH1288him thereשָֽׁם׃ShamH8033.
30So JacobH3290namedוַיִּקְרָ֧אvai.yik.Ra'H7121H8034the placeהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725Penielפְּנִיאֵ֑לpe.ni.'ElH6439, for he said, “I have seenרָאִ֤יתִיra.'I.tiH7200Godאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430faceפָּנִ֣יםpa.NimH6440to faceפָּנִ֔יםpa.NimH6440, yet mylifeנַפְשִֽׁי׃naf.ShiH5315has been preservedוַתִּנָּצֵ֖לva.ti.na.TzelH5337.”
31Now the sunהַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121roseוַיִּֽזְרַֽח־vai.yiz.rach-H2224upon him justH3512as he crossedH5674overH5674PenuelH6439,and he was limpingצֹלֵ֖עַtzo.Le.a'H6760on his thighיְרֵכֽוֹ׃ye.re.KhoH3409.
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