Peniel

“I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” With those words Jacob named a place Peniel, after a night spent wrestling until the breaking of day. The sun rose as he passed over the place, and he limped on his thigh. Penuel is the same name, and it returns in Judges 8, where Gideon asks for help, the men of the town answer him no better than Succoth had, and he later breaks down their tower. A man named Penuel also appears in a family list in 1 Chronicles 8.

5 verses

Genesis

Genesis 32:31

And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

Judges

Judges 8:8

And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.

Judges 8:9

And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

Judges 8:17

And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 8:25

And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(face of God) the name which Jacob gave to the place in which he had wrestled with God: "He called the name of the place “face of El,” for I have seen Elohim face to face." (Genesis 32:30) In (Genesis 32:31) and the other passages in which the name occurs, its form is changed to PENUEL. From the narrative it is evident that Peniel lay somewhere on the north bank of the Jabbok, and between that torrent and the fords of the Jordan at Succoth, a few miles north of the glen where the Jabbok falls into the Jordan.