vv 25–26 Description of the fight vv 27–31 Dialogue Naming Israel (27–29) Naming of Peniel (30–31) vv 32–33 Departure and Etiological comment (33) This analysis shows that the emphasis of the story is on the names Israel and Peniel. Much speculation has been devoted to reconstructing earlier forms of the tradition. Parallels with other tales of night attacks by river demons are often cited to explain the origin of the story. But as Eissfeldt (KS 3, 414–16) has pointed out, Jacob does not encounter