Genesis 32:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two groups.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמֶר֮ יַעֲקֹב֒ אֱלֹהֵי֙ אָבִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֔ם וֵאלֹהֵ֖י אָבִ֣י יִצְחָ֑ק יְהוָ֞ה הָאֹמֵ֣ר אֵלַ֗י שׁ֧וּב לְאַרְצְךָ֛ וּלְמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖ וְאֵיטִ֥יבָה עִמָּֽךְ׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer yaʿăqōb ʾĕlōhê father-my ʾabrāhām wē-ʾlōhê father-my yiṣḥāq YHWH hā-ʾōmēr to-me šûb to-land-your and-to-birthplace-your wə-ʾêṭîbāh with-you.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *ʾĕlōhê*: masculine plural construct - God of
• *wē-ʾlōhê*: waw conjunction + masculine plural construct - and God of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh, LORD
• *hā-ʾōmēr*: definite article + Qal participle, masculine singular - the one saying
• *šûb*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - return
• *wə-ʾêṭîbāh*: waw conjunction + Hiphil imperfect cohortative, 1st common singular - and I will do good

Word Meanings

• *yōʾmer*: to say, to speak, to command
• *ʾĕlōhê*: God of, gods of
• *YHWH*: Yahweh, LORD
• *hā-ʾōmēr*: the one saying, the one speaking
• *šûb*: return, go back, turn back
• *ʾêṭîbāh*: to do good, to make well, to treat favorably

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then Jacob said, 'O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said to me,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I 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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  I am not worthy of the leaste of all the mercyes and treuth which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunte. For with my staf came I over this Iordane and now haue Igoten.ij. droves

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I am to litle for all the mercies and all the trueth that thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt (for I had no more but this staff whan I wente ouer this Iordan, and now am I become two droues)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and al the trueth, which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant: for with my staffe came I ouer this Iorden, & now haue I gotte two bads.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I am not worthy of the least of all the mercyes and trueth whiche thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt: for with my staffe came I ouer this Iordane, & nowe haue I gotten two companies.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I 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 passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I 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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I 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 passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I am not worthy of all the faithful love you have shown your servant. With only my walking stick I crossed the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 24:27 : 27 And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren."
• Ps 18:35 : 35 You have also given me the shield of your salvation: your right hand has held me up, and your gentleness has made me great.
• 2 Sam 7:18 : 18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?
• 1 Tim 1:12-15 : 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 13 Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. 15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
• 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
• 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
• Gen 18:27 : 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
• Job 8:7 : 7 Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.
• Job 17:9 : 9 The righteous also shall hold on to his way, and he that has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
• Job 42:5-6 : 5 I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You. 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
• Ps 8:5 : 5 For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and have crowned him with glory and honor.
• Ps 16:2 : 2 O my soul, you have said to the LORD, 'You are my Lord: my goodness extends not to You;
• Gen 28:10-11 : 10 And Jacob departed from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. 11 And he came upon a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of that place, and put it for his pillow, and lay down in that place to sleep.
• Gen 28:15 : 15 And behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land; for I will not leave you, until I have done what I have spoken to you of.
• Gen 30:43 : 43 The man increased exceedingly and had much cattle, maidservants, menservants, camels, and donkeys.
• Gen 32:5 : 5 And I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.
• Gen 32:7 : 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, herds, and camels, into two groups;
• Deut 8:18 : 18 But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is he that gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
• Ps 61:7 : 7 He shall abide before God forever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
• Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength, each one appears before God in Zion.
• Ps 85:10 : 10 Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
• Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just is like the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
• Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, 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 my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
• Isa 63:7 : 7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
• Dan 9:8-9 : 8 O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him;
• Mic 7:20 : 20 You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
• Luke 5:8 : 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
• Luke 17:10 : 10 So likewise you, when you have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done what was our duty to do.
• 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For in nothing am I behind the very chief apostles, though I am nothing.