"Rabbi Judah the son of Rabbi Simon in the name of Hezekiah employed the meaning of the pilgrim's recitation in to help interpret Jacob's statement to Laban in Rabbi Judah the son of Rabbi Simon noted that the word "little" or "few" (, "me'at") appears both in Jacob's statement to Laban in "For it was little (, "me'at") that you had before I came, and it has increased abundantly," and also in the pilgrim's recitation in "few (, "me'at") in number" (went down to Egypt).