Genesis 32:29
“And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 32Meaning
Jacob asks for his opponent's name, receives a question instead of an identification, and is blessed at that place.
Read carefully
The refusal to supply a name preserves the scene's mystery; interpreters should not claim an identification more precise than the text warrants.
Reflection
The encounter gives Jacob a new name while withholding the corresponding name he asks from the one who blesses him.