10 I am not [a]worthy of the least of all the mercies, and all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant: for with my [b]staff came I over this Jordan, and now have I gotten two bands.

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

12 And thou saidest, I will surely do to thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:10 Hebrew, I am less than all thy mercies.
  2. Genesis 32:10 That is, poor and without all provision.
  3. Genesis 32:11 Meaning, he will put all to death. This proverb cometh of them which kill the bird together with his young ones.

10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness(A) you have shown your servant. I had only my staff(B) when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.(C) 11 Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid(D) he will come and attack me,(E) and also the mothers with their children.(F) 12 But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand(G) of the sea, which cannot be counted.(H)’”

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