Judges 6:11-18

The Call of Gideon

11Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash athe Abiezrite, while his son bGideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. 12And cthe angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, d“The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor.” 13And Gideon said to him, “Please, my lord,
Or  Please, my Lord
if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are fall his wonderful deeds gthat our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
14And the Lord
Septuagint  the angel of the Lord; also verse 16
turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; ido not I send you?”
15And he said to him, jPlease, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, kmy clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” 16And the Lord said to him, lBut I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.” 17And he said to him, mIf now I have found favor in your eyes, then nshow me a sign that it is you who speak with me. 18Please odo not depart from here until I come to you and bring out my present and set it before you.” And he said, “I will stay till you return.”

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