Penuel
Where Penuel sits on the map, and the 6 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh
- Coordinates
- 32.1870, 35.6921
- Mentions
- 6 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
6 verses, in biblical order.
Genesis
- Genesis 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.”
- Genesis 32:31
And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he had crossed beyond Peniel. Yet in truth, he limped on his foot.
Judges
- Judges 8:8
And going up from there, he arrived at Penuel. And he spoke to the men of that place similarly. And they also answered him, just as the men of Succoth had answered.
- Judges 8:9
And so he said to them also, “When I will have returned as a victor in peace, I will destroy this tower.”
- Judges 8:17
He also overturned the tower of Penuel, and he killed the men of the city.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 12:25
Then Jeroboam built up Shechem, on mount Ephraim, and he lived there. And departing from there, he built up Penuel.
Routes that pass through here
Tabor itineraries with a stop at this place.