⁹ Then Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham! God of my father Isaac! Lord, ·you told [did you not tell…?] me to return to my country and my family. You said that you would treat me well. ¹⁰ I am not worthy of the ·kindness [loyalty; covenant love] and ·continual goodness [faithfulness] you have shown ·me [^Lyour servant]. The first time I traveled across the Jordan River, I had only my walking stick, but now I own enough to have two camps. ¹¹ Please ·save [rescue; deliver] me from [^Lthe hand of] my brother Esau. I am afraid he will come and ·kill [strike; attack] all of us, even the mothers with the children. ¹² You said to me, ‘I will treat you well and will make your ·children [^Lseed] as many as the sand of the seashore [22:17]. There will be too many to count.’ ”

¹³ Remember ·the men who served you [^Lyour servants]—Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. You promised with an oath to them and said, ‘I will make your ·descendants [seed] as many as the stars in the sky [Gen. 15:5; 22:17; 26:4]. I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised them, and ·it will be theirs [^Lthey will inherit it] forever [Gen. 12:1–3].’”

²⁶ Now, God of Israel, ·please continue to keep that promise [confirm the word] you made to your servant David, my father.