Charles Spurgeon Commentary 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." — Genesis 32:29 (ASV)

And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray you, your name.

And he said, Wherefore is it that you ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

There are limits to all human interaction with God. We must not go where vain curiosity would lead us; otherwise, he will have to say to us, as he did to Jacob, "Why is it that you ask after my name?"

And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?

And he blessed him there.

He did not give him what he asked for, but he gave him something better, and, in the same way, if the Lord does not open up a dark doctrine to you, but gives you a bright privilege, that will be better for you.