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Genesis 32:30

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30 And Jacob calleth the name of the place Peniel: for `I have seen God face unto face, and my life is delivered;'

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Arcana Coelestia #4308

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4308. In the internal historical sense 'He said, Why is it that you ask my name?' means that they did not acknowledge evil spirits to be the origin. This is clear from what has been stated immediately above in 4307.

  
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