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 [Gen. 32:9–10]. This man now appeals to God and cries out to Him on the basis that He is the God of his father Abraham and the God of his father Isaac. I begin now to detect a little change in Jacob’s life. This is the first time I have ever heard him say, “I am not worthy of the least of thy mercies.” For the first
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