Lessons
Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which you have showed to your servant…


1. An humble self-denying frame is best for prayer of faith to God in time of temptation.

2. It is a special way to humble saints, by comparing themselves with God's mercy and truth.

3. The mercy and truth of God go always jointly together (Psalm 25:10).

4. God's servants have experience of His mercy and truth in their pilgrimages below.

5. Gracious souls judge themselves less than any mercy or truth of God.

6. It is good to keep souls low to remember their former empty conditions.

7. God can make the solitary a multitude and make the poor to be full.

8. The remembrance of such mercy from God should humble souls in their approaches to God (ver. 10).

(G. Hughes, B. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: 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.

WEB: I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.




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