Can God's face be seen (Genesis 32:30)?

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So Jacob named the place Peniel,  explaining, “Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.” (Genesis 32:30)

God said to Moses, “No man shall see Me, and live” (Ex. 33:20, John 1:18). Moses was allowed only to see God’s “back” (Ex. 33:23). Yet the Bible informs us that Moses spoke with God “face to face” (Deut. 5:4). How could he speak to God face to face without seeing His face?

Genesis 32:22 - 32

ESV - ²² The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. ²³ He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had.

Clarify • Share • Report • Asked November 02 2021 • Jack Gutknecht