became a cripple. From this point on he would experience pain and weakness with every step. Though he asked the name of the one who had wounded him, he was not told. His own new name was sufficient proof that he had been confronted by the living God, who proceeded to give him a blessing. That awesome experience became for ever connected with the ravine called Peniel, ‘the face of God’, by Jacob. It amazed him that he should have seen God (not to mention wrestling with him) and remain alive. Since