Charles Spurgeon Commentary Genesis 32:30

"And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, [said he], I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." — Genesis 32:30 (ASV)

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

How he must have trembled to think that he had the daring—perhaps his fears made him call it the presumption—actually to wrestle with God himself. For he was conscious now that it was no mere angel, but "the Angel of the covenant," the Lord himself, with whom he had wrestled.