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Genesis 32:10 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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
Verse in Context
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And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
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
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.
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.
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
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Genesis 32:1
"And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God."
Genesis 32:1
"And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met"
Genesis 32:2
"And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim."
Genesis 32:3
"And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom."
Genesis 32:4
"And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there"
Genesis 32:5
"And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight."
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