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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Genesis 32:10

The truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant, in fulfilling thy promises made to me; and much more am I unworthy of those further mercies which I am now about to beg of thee. Having nothing with me but my travelling staff for my support, I passed over this Jordan; or, that Jordan; either which I now see, as being at this time upon a high hill; or which my mind is set upon, as that river which I am going to repass, that I may go to my father, and to that good land which thou hast given to me and mine for ever; and now I am become two bands, or two troops, or companies; into which he had now divided his people and cattle, Genesis 32:7.

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See also Genesis 32:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 32:10. _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 haemet...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - Jacob Wrestles in Prayer 3. מחנים _machănāyı̂m_, Machanaim, “two camps.” 22. יבק _yaboq_, Jabboq; related: בקק _bāqaq_ “gush or gurgle out” or אבק _'ābaq_ in niphal, “wrestle.” Now Wady Zurka....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 32 JACOB'S FEAR OF ESAU AND PRAYER AT PENIEL _ 1. The vision at Mahanaim (Genesis 32:1)_ 2. The message to Esau (Genesis 32:3) 3. Esau's coming and Jacob's fear (Genesis 32:6) 4. Jacob's p...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JACOB TAKES PRECAUTIONS TO APPEASE ESAU. Genesis 32:3_ a_ seems to be from J, Genesis 32:13 _b_ - Genesis 32:21 from E. Genesis 32

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    AM NOT WORTHY OF THE LEAST OF ALL THE MERCIES. The humility of his petition is the best of evidences of. lowly and contrite spirit. He ascribes all that he possesses, not to himself, but to the divin...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    I AM NOT WORTHY. Hebrew. have proved unworthy. Figure of speech _Heterosis_ (of Tense), App-6. =. have been and am unworthy. MERCIES. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause). First occurance of plural...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I am not worthy_ Heb. _I am less than all_, &c. The meaning is, "I am too small and insignificant to deserve." For this idiom, cf. Genesis 4:13; Genesis 18:14. _mercies … truth_ See Genesis 24:27;...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WITH MY STAFF, &C.— When this expression is properly considered, it will not be found to contradict the opinion we have advanced in our note on ch. 28: Genesis 32:5 for it simply means, "I passed this...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. _Jacob's Reconciliation with Esau: The Biblical Account_ (Genesis 32:1 to Genesis 33:17) 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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:_ Jacob said, O God...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    32:10 troops. (c-36) Lit. 'camps.' see v. 2. for (e-6) Lit. 'smaller than.' faithfulness (f-13) Lit. 'truth.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WITH MY STAFF, etc.] When Jacob first left Canaan he was a lonely way-farer with no companion but his staff: now, blest by, God, he returns with a numerous family and large possessions....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 32 JACOB PREPARES TO MEET ESAU V1 Jacob continued his journey. God’s *angels met him V2 and Jacob saw them. He said, ‘This is God’s army!’ So he c...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Jacob was greatly afraid. (See verse 7.) But he had learned to trust God. So he prayed. These are the parts of his prayer. We might use them as a pattern for our own prayers. • He speaks to God. He s...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The _Tôldôth_ in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his des...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Genesis 32:11]_ קָטֹ֜נְתִּי מִ כֹּ֤ל הַ חֲסָדִים֙...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    JACOB AT PENIEL Genesis 32:1 "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up." James 4:10 JACOB had a double reason for wishing to leave Padan-aram. He believed in the promise...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JACOB FEARS TO MEET ESAU Genesis 32:1 Before we encounter our Esaus we are sure to meet God's angels. If only our eyes are not holden we shall perceive them. The world is full of angel help! There ar...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is unquestionably one of the great Chapter s of the Bible, and it is significant how constant and powerful is its appeal to all who live on the principle of faith. It gives the account of the thi...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    WRESTLING WITH GOD As Jacob continued his journey toward home, angels met him. He called the name of that place Mahanaim, or "two camps" because there were two armies encamped there, the angels and h...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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 (d) staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. (d) tha...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Not worthy. Chaldean, "my merits are beneath all thy kindnesses." St. Augustine reads, with St. Cyril, idoneus es, &c., "thou art sufficient for me."_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Hebrews I am less than all thy mercies:, etc. Observe the sweet order of the Patriarch's prayer. First, he calls upon God, as his Covenant God, engaged to him by word, and oath, and promises. Genesis...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    10._I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies _(103) Although this expression sounds harsh to Latin ears, the sense is not obscure. Jacob confesses, that greater mercies of God had been heaped u...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 29 THROUGH 35. I have no doubt that in the two wives, as I have said, we have the Gentiles and Israel: Rachel first loved on the earth, but not possessed; but...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I AM NOT WORTHY OF THE LEAST OF ALL THY MERCIES,.... Or of any of them, according to his humble sense of things his mind was now impressed with; he was not worthy of the least mercy and favour that ha...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 10. _I...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I am not worthy_ It is a surprising plea. One would think he should have pleaded that what was now in danger was _his own_ against all the world, and that he had earned it dear enough; no, he pleads,...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Iacobs vision at Mahanaim. 3 His message to Esau. 6 He is afraid of Esaus comming. 9 He prayeth for deliuerance. 13 Hee sendeth a present to Esau. 24 He wrestleth with an Angel at Peniel, where...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JACOB'S PRAYER...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, 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 bands. This was the...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    FIFTH SECTION _Jacob’s return. His fear of Esau. His night wrestlings with God. Peniel. The name Israel. Meeting and reconciliation with Esau._ GENESIS 32:3 TO GENESIS 33:16 3And Jacob sent messenge...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    RETURNING TO FACE ESAU As Jacob continues his journey we are told that the angels of God met him (v.1). It was not God Himself as yet who met him, but the angels were no doubt intended as an encourage...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    I AM NOT WORTHY OF THE LEAST OF ALL: _ Heb._ I am less then all etc....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 t...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him." Still God's grace follows him, notwithstanding all. "Nothing changeth God's affection." Whom He loves, and as He loves, He loves to the end....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 32:10 least H6994 (H8804) mercies H2617 truth H571 shown H6213 (H8804) servant H5650 over H5674 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Jacob said, “Oh God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, Oh Yahweh who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your kindred and I will do you good,' I am not worthy of the least of...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Genesis 32:10 I. The contrast here presented between the early loneliness and poverty of life and its growing riches is universal. (1) What is life but a constant gathering of riches? Compare the man...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Genesis 32 I. God selects men for His work on earth, not because of their personal agreeableness, but because of their adaptation to the work they have to perform. II. There is something affecting in...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Genesis 32:1. _And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him._ What an encouragement the visit of these angels must have been to Jacob after the strife which he had had with Laban! But, de...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Genesis 32:1. _And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim._ Jacob was about to enter...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Jacob had just come out of a great trouble. God's gracious interposition had delivered him out of the hand of the angry Laban, Laban the churl, who cared for Jacob only for what he could get out of hi...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Genesis 32:1. _And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him._ When he left the promised land, he had a vision of angels, ascending and descending upon the ladder, as if to bid him farewel...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jacob becomes Israel. Preparation for meeting Esau. Wrestling against the angel. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Esau, angel. CONCLUSION: Either we lean on God or on our own plans. The arrangements of...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 32:2. _Mahanaim,_ two camps or hosts, or the camp of God; a city in Gilead, mentioned in Joshua 13:26; Joshua 21:38; denoting that the angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear hi...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies_ A PILGRIM’S ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GOD’S GOODNESS Here we have the typical nature of this narrative brought out before us, as applying, first, to the mat...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 32:9 Jacob prays, because of his fear of Esau. Because God has prospered him so greatly, Jacob is able to divide everything that he has into TWO CAMPS. O LORD. Th

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 32:1 After separating peacefully from Laban, Jacob prepares to meet his estranged brother Esau. Jacob is naturally hesitant about how he will be received some 20 years after fl...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 32:1. The angels of God met him.] “Lit., came, drew near to him, not precisely that they came from an opposite direction.” (_Lange._)— GENESIS 32:2. MAHANAIM.] Heb. Two camps...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 32:1 AND JACOB (after Laban's departure) WENT ON HIS WAY (from Galeed and Mizpah, in a southerly direction towards the Jabbok), AND THE ANGELS OF GOD—literally, _the messengers of...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn in our Bibles to Genesis chapter thirty-two? Now in the thirty-first chapter we had the parting of Laban, Jacob's uncle as he kisses his grandchildren goodbye, as he sets up the stone an...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    not worthy of the least of all. Heb. less than all. Genesis 18:27 2 Samuel 7:18 Job 42:5 Job 42:6...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I am not worthy — It is a surprising plea. One would think he should have pleaded that what was now in danger was his own against all the world, and that he had earned it dear enough; no, he pleads, L...

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