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I am not worthy of the least of all the lovingkindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
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A Humble Foundation
Commentators emphasize Jacob's profound humility. He begins his prayer by declaring himself "not worthy of the least" of God's mercies. He contrasts his past poverty, leaving with only a staff, with his present prosperity, returning with "two companies," to show that his success is entirely due to God's undeserved grace, not his own merit. This serves as a model for approaching God with gratitude and a right understanding of our dependence on Him.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Genesis 32:3: מחנים machănāyı̂m — Machanaim, “two camps.”
Genesis 32:22: יבק yaboq
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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Baptist
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kind…
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16th Century
Protestant
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies. Although this expression sounds harsh to Latin ears, the sense is not obscure. Jacob conf…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies Or of any of them, according to his humble sense of things his mind …
Times of fear should be times of prayer: whatever causes fear, should drive us to our knees, to our God. Jacob had lately seen his guards of angels…
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