Choosing between two contradictory verses
I saw God's face and my life is preserved. (Genesis 32:30)
No man has ever seen God. (John 1:18)
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Solution: the witness wasn't a man.
Trivial, Watson.
a lot of people have seen my face
I didn't!
I they are both held to be true then Jacob is no one.
New breaks old, metaphors and figures of speech exist. And you are using a translation that's not accurate in today's English.
Also Bible isn't penned by God.