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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comFausset Bible Dictionary: Face
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"Many will entreat the face (Hebrew text: "the favor") of the prince" (). "The face of God" means His manifested presence and favor. Jacob saw God's face, and called the place Periel, "God's face" (), i.e. veiled in human form, in anticipation of the incarnation. The full radiancy of His glory man could not bear to see ().