קָטֹ֜נְתִּי מִכֹּ֤ל הַחֲסָדִים֙ וּמִכָּל־הָ֣אֱמֶ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתָ אֶת־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֣י בְמַקְלִ֗י עָבַ֙רְתִּי֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֣ן הַזֶּ֔ה וְעַתָּ֥ה הָיִ֖יתִי לִשְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת׃
aku terlalu kecil untuk segala kasih setia dan segala kesetiaan yang telah Engkau tunjukkan kepada hamba-Mu ini. Sebab dengan tongkatku saja aku dulu menyeberangi sungai Yordan ini, dan sekarang aku telah menjadi dua perkemahan.
Noam Elimelekh
(4) And this issue will be explained through the later verses, meaning, that our father Yaakov PBUH began to pray: "I am unworthy of all the kindness etc, with my staff I crossed etc". The hint in "staff" [bemakeli] is that it is an expression of voice [kol], that in the beginning I had only "the voice, is the voice of Yaakov", and I had not merited the world of thought. "And now I am two camps", the hint is as mentioned previously, that I merited at this moment two levels, the level of speech and the level of thought, and therefore I pray "please save me etc lest he comes and attacks me, mother over children" - behold, the tzadik needs to serve the Holy Blessed Name in the general and in the specific. The general is awe, which is the root and is called "mother", and also thought is called "mother", and the mitzvot and speech are called "children", and they are the specifics, since every time one speaks this is specific in itself. And this is "lest he comes and attacks me, mother over children" - meaning, I fear that he would come, God forbid, and muddle my thoughts and my awe, which are the mother over children, as explained.