Genesis 32:10

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 divine blessing. He had twenty years before "passed over this Jordan" with his staff as his only possession,. wanderer, carrying forth no property, and with no attendants, but now his possessions had increased to such an extent that he had "become two bands."