Genesis 32 · Verse 10

Genesis 32:10

I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Genesis 32:10, King James Version

Genesis 32:10 in other translations

BSBI am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
WEBI am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
ASVI am not worthy of the least of all the lovingkindnesses, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two companies.
YLTI have been unworthy of all the kind acts, and of all the truth which Thou hast done with thy servant--for, with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
DARBY— I am too small for all the loving-kindness and all the faithfulness that thou hast shewn unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two troops.
BBEI am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.
WebsterI am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shown to thy servant: for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands.

What does Genesis 32:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 32:9-12

9-12. Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham--In this great emergency, he had recourse to prayer. This is the first recorded example of prayer in the Bible. It is short, earnest, and bearing directly on the occasion. The appeal is made to God, as standing in a covenant relation to his family, just as we ought to put our hopes of acceptance with God in Christ. It pleads the special promise made to him of a safe…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies - The marginal reading is more consistent with the original: קטנתי מכל החסדים ומכל האמת katonti miccol hachasadim umiccol haemeth, I am less than all the compassions, and than all the faithfulness, which thou hast showed unto thy servant. Probably St Paul had his eye on this passage when he wrote, Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints. A man who sees himself in the light of God will ever feel that he has no good but what he has received, and that he deserves nothing of all that he has. The archangels of God cannot use a different language, and even the spirits of just men consummated in their plenitude of bliss, cannot make a higher boast. For with my staff - i.e., myself alone, without any attendants, as the Chaldee has properly rendered it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 32:9-23

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, but in this distress he applied to God, not to them; he knew they were his fellow-servants, Re 22:9. There cannot be a better pattern for true prayer than this. Here is a thankful acknowledgement of former undeserved favours; a humble confession of unworthiness; a plain…

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Genesis 32:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

קָטֹ֜נְתִּיka.To.ne.tiI am [too] insignificantH6994
מִכֹּ֤לmi.Kolfor allH3605
הַחֲסָדִים֙ha.cha.sa.Dimthe covenant loyalti<es>H2617
וּמִכָּל\־u.mi.kol-and for allH3605
הָ֣אֱמֶ֔תha.'e.Metthe faithfulnessH571
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
עָשִׂ֖יתָ'a.Si.tayou have doneH6213
אֶת\־'et-withH854
עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ'av.De.khaservant yourH5650
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
בְמַקְלִ֗יve.mak.Liwith staff myH4731
עָבַ֙רְתִּי֙'a.Var.tiI passed overH5674
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַיַּרְדֵּ֣ןhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
וְעַתָּ֥הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258
הָיִ֖יתִיha.Yi.tiI have becomeH1961
לִשְׁנֵ֥יlish.Nei<into> twoH8147
מַחֲנֽוֹת\׃ma.cha.NotcampsH4264

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 32:10

  • Psalms 18:35

    Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

  • Genesis 24:27

    And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.

  • 2 Samuel 7:18

    Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

  • 1 Timothy 1:12-15

    And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

  • Job 42:5-6

    I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

  • Daniel 9:8-9

    O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

  • Psalms 84:7

    They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

  • Isaiah 6:5

    Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

  • Genesis 28:10-11

    And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

  • 1 John 1:8-10

    If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • Proverbs 4:18

    But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

  • Genesis 18:27

    And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
not worthy of the least of all. Heb. less than all.
18:27; 2Sa 7:18; Job 42:5,6; Ps 16:2; Isa 6:5; 63:7; Da 9:8,9; Lu 5:8
Lu 17:10; 2Co 12:11; 1Ti 1:12-15; 1Pe 5:5; 1Jo 1:8-10
mercies.
24:27; Ps 8:5
truth.
24:27; 28:15; Ps 61:7; 85:10; Mic 7:20
my staff.
28:10,11; Job 8:7; Ps 18:35
two bands.
5,7; 30:43; De 8:18; Ps 18:35; 84:7; Job 17:9; Pr 4:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 32:9

    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 kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

  • Genesis 32:10

    I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

  • Genesis 32:11

    Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.

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Genesis 32:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Menor soy que todas las misericordias, y que toda la verdad que has usado para con tu siervo; que con mi bordón pasé este Jordán, y ahora estoy sobre dos cuadrillas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Jacob dit: Dieu de mon père Abraham, et Dieu de mon père Isaac! Éternel, qui m’as dit: Retourne en ton pays et vers ta parenté, et je te ferai du bien!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich bin zu gering all der Gütigkeiten und all der Treue, die du deinem Knechte erwiesen hast; denn mit meinem Stabe bin ich über diesen Jordan gegangen, und nun bin ich zu zwei Zügen geworden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
minor sum cunctis miserationibus tuis, et veritate tua quam explevisti servo tuo. In baculo meo transivi Jordanem istum: et nunc cum duabus turmis regredior.