Contradictions and Paradoxes in Genesis 32:29

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Genesis 32:29 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Genesis 32:29. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Genesis, Jacob was curious and wanted to know God's name, but God didn't tell him. Instead, God gave Jacob a blessing, which made him special.

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.

Contradiction with Genesis 32:30

Genesis 32:29 states Jacob's name is not told, yet he names the place Peniel, saying he saw God face to face and lived.

Genesis 32:30: And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. [Peniel: that is, The face of God]

Contradiction with Judges 13:18

Manoah is told that God's name is secret, contrasting Genesis 32:29 where Jacob is not told the name but the identity is implied.

Judges 13:18: And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it [is] secret? [secret: or, wonderful]

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