Study it in the app“I am too small for all the acts of loyal love and all the faithfulness that you have shown your servant; for with my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.”
I am too smallקָטֹנְתִּיfor allמִכֹּלthe acts of loyal loveהַחֲסָדִיםand allוּמִכָּלthe faithfulnessהָאֱמֶתthatאֲשֶׁרyou have shownעָשִׂיתָyour servant;אֶת עַבְדֶּךָforכִּיwith my staffבְמַקְלִיI crossedעָבַרְתִּיthisהַזֶּהJordan,אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּןand nowוְעַתָּהI have becomeהָיִיתִיtwoלִשְׁנֵיcamps.מַחֲנוֹת
be small
Be of slight importance; be unworthy.
Where else “katonti” appearsloyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasadim” appearsfaithfulness
That one can rely on him because he keeps his word.
Where else “emet” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avde” appearsstaff
A staff for leaning on while walking or for herding; a walking stick or crook.
Where else “makli” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avarti” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayiti” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machanot” appearsJordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
9And Jacob said, “Elohim of my father Abraham and Elohim of my father Isaac, YHWH, who said to me, ‘Return to your land and to your kindred, and I will deal well with you,’
10 · This verse (above)
11Deliver me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, the mothers with the children.
1. What it says
What did Jacob do before meeting Esau, and what happened to him at the Jabbok (vv. 7-24)?
2. What it means
What is the meaning of Jacob receiving the name Israel (v. 28)?
3. How I live it
What fear can you bring honestly to Elohim in prayer today?
