Genesis 32:8-10

Living Bible

⁸for he said, “If Esau attacks one group, perhaps the other can escape.”

⁹Then Jacob prayed, “O God of Abraham my grandfather, and of my father Isaac—O Jehovah who told me to return to the land of my relatives, and said that you would do me good— ¹⁰I am not worthy of the least of all your loving-kindnesses shown me again and again just as you promised me. For when I left home^[a] I owned nothing except a walking stick! And now I am two armies!

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Footnotes

Genesis 32:10 left home, literally, “passed over this Jordan.”

Genesis 32:8-10

New International Version

⁸He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one group,^[a] the group^[b] that is left may escape.”

⁹Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham,^(A) God of my father Isaac,^(B) Lord, you who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’^(C) ¹⁰I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness^(D) you have shown your servant. I had only my staff^(E) when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.^(F)