Esau and his four hundred men. Thus it is not certain that Jacob’s request is an act of piety.30 28 (27) The man does not honor, immediately at least, Jacob’s demand for a blessing. Instead, he asks Jacob his name. This request compares with Moses’ question to God: “If they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” (Exod. 3:13). An even closer parallel is Luke 8:30, “Jesus then asked him, ‘What is your name?’ And he said ‘Legion.’ ” In neither Gen. 32 nor Luke 8 are we to infer from
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