"On the day that you were gathered at Mount Sinai, you begged not to hear the LORD speak again or to see his fiery presence any more, because you were afraid you would die.

He is the one who was with the people of Israel assembled in the desert; he was there with our ancestors and with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and he received God's living messages to pass on to us.

I will not let you see my face, because no one can see me and stay alive,

Jacob said, "I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive"; so he named the place Peniel.