Genesis 32:27

III.. NEW MAN WITH. NEW NAME.

27. And he said, What is thy name?

His name is asked, not for information, but in order to call attention to his former, and to show the need of. new man who would be worthy of. new name. The name Jacob, meaning "Supplanter," was. continual reminder of the narrow, selfish life that he had lived in the past. He had supplanted his brother by overreaching him, had been overreached by Laban in the matter of his daughters, but had then craftily overreached him in business. Henceforth he must not be. "Supplanter." There must be. new life with. new name.