Genesis 32:28 ESV
28 Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed. ”
No longer the man he was, Jacob is given a new name. He did not defeat God, but got to a new place of understanding. He hung on to the man he wrestled until he received a blessing. He sought God until he found Him. God was no longer just the God of his father, but was now more fully his own. He had "seen" God for himself.
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