I myself have experienced all this / "I have crossed the Jordan with my staff"
Figuratively: I started everything with nothing. I achieved everything through my own strength and effort, without assistance.
("I am too small for all the kindnesses and all the truth that You have done for Your servant, for with my staff I have crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps" – Genesis 32:11, Jacob’s prayer before meeting Esau)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בְמַקְלִי עָבַרְתִּי אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הִתְחַלְתִּי בְּחֹסֶר כֹּל. הִשַּׂגְתִּי הַכֹּל בְּכוֹחִי וּבְמַאֲמַצַּי לְלֹא סִיּוּעַ.
("קָטֹנְתִּי מִכֹּל הַחֲסָדִים וּמִכָּל הָאֱמֶת אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ אֶת עַבְדֶּךָ כִּי בְמַקְלִי עָבַרְתִּי אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה וְעַתָּה הָיִיתִי לִשְׁנֵי מַחֲנוֹת"- בְּרֵאשִׁית לֵב יָא, תְּפִלַּת יַעֲקֹב לִפְנֵי הַמִּפְגָּשׁ עִם עֵשָׂו)