KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 32:10 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “I am not worthy of the least” | קָטֹ֜נְתִּי | To diminish, i.e., be (causatively, make) diminutive or (figuratively) of no account | am not worthy least |
| “of all” | מִכֹּ֤ל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the mercies,” | הַֽחֲסָדִים֙ | Kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty | mercies |
| “and of all” | וּמִכָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the truth,” | הָ֣אֱמֶ֔ת | Stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness | truth |
| “which” | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
| “thou hast shewed” | עָשִׂ֖יתָ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | shewed |
| “unto” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | unto |
| “thy servant;” | עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ | A servant | servant |
| “for” | כִּ֣י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | for |
| “with my staff” | בְמַקְלִ֗י | A shoot, i.e., stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining) | staff |
| “I passed over” | עָבַ֙רְתִּי֙ | To cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) | passed |
| “this” | הַזֶּ֔ה | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | this |
| “Jordan;” | הַיַּרְדֵּ֣ן | Jarden, the principal river of Palestine | Jordan |
| “and now” | וְעַתָּ֥ה | At this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive | now |
| “I am become” | הָיִ֖יתִי | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | am become |
| “two” | לִשְׁנֵ֥י | Two; also (as ordinal) twofold | two |
| “bands.” | מַֽחֲנֽוֹת׃ | An encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts) | bands |
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8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
9 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:
10 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.
11 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.
12 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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