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If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the dread of Isaac, had not been for me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, so He rendered the decision last night."

So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been delivered."

He has not observed misfortune in Jacob;Nor has He seen trouble in Israel;Yahweh his God is with him,And the shout of a king is among them.

And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, ‘Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings; so Yahweh shall do to all the kingdoms into which you are about to cross.

Your eyes have seen what Yahweh has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who walked after Baal-peor, Yahweh your God has destroyed them from among you.

And you said, ‘Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire; we have seen today that God speaks with man, yet he lives.

He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done these great and fearsome things for you which your eyes have seen.

So know this day that I am not speaking with your sons who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of Yahweh your God—His greatness, His strong hand and His outstretched arm,

And you have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations because of you, for Yahweh your God is He who has been fighting for you.

And their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons had seen the way which the man of God who came from Judah had gone.

"Return and say to Hezekiah the ruler of My people, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of your father David, "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of Yahweh.

And I know, O my God, that You try the heart and delight in uprightness. I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these things. So now with gladness I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You.

They have seen Your procession, O God,The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.

He has remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and have his soul see good in his labor. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.

I have seen the endeavor which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.

Here is what I have seen to be good, which is beautiful: to eat, to drink, and to see good in all one's labor in which he labors under the sun during the few days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

"Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of your father David, "I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

For from ancient times they have not heard or given ear,Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him.

"Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘You yourselves have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are a waste place and no one lives in them