Judges 6:13-15

Easy-to-Read Version

¹³ Then Gideon said, “Pardon me, sir, but if the Lord is with us, why are we having so many troubles? We heard that he did wonderful things for our ancestors. They tell us that the Lord took them out of Egypt. But now it seems the Lord has left us and is letting the Midianites defeat us.”

¹⁴ The Lord turned toward Gideon and said, “Then use your great power and go save the Israelites from the Midianites. I am sending you to save them.”

¹⁵ But Gideon answered and said, “Pardon me, sir.^[a] How can I save Israel? My family group is the weakest in the tribe of Manasseh, and I am the youngest one in my family.”