4310. That in the internal historical sense by “Jacob called the name of the place Peniel” is signified the state in which they put on the representations, is evident from the signification of “calling a name,” as being the quality (of which often before); from the signification of “place,” as being state (n. 2625, 2837, 3356, 3387); and from the signification of “Peniel” as being in this sense to put on representations, for these are the subject treated of in what precedes and what follows. What “Peniel” signifies is explained by the words, “for I have seen God faces to faces, and my soul is delivered,” by which is signified that the Lord was present representatively (of which in what soon follows), thus here that they put on representations. Names of places, like names of persons, as also the things themselves, do not signify the same in one sense as in another. Thus “Jacob” himself in the sense of the letter signifies Jacob himself; in the internal historical sense, his posterity (n. 4281); in the internal spiritual sense, the natural man in him who is regenerate; but in the supreme sense, “Jacob” signifies the Lord as to the Divine natural, as has been often shown. It is the same with all other names, and thus with Peniel.