Judges 6:13-15

Expanded Bible

¹³ Then Gideon said, “·Sir [My lord], if the Lord is with us, why ·are we having so much trouble [^Lhas all this happened to us]? Where are the ·miracles [wonderful deeds] our ancestors told us about? They said, “Didn’t the Lord bring us up out of Egypt? But now the Lord has ·left [abandoned] us and has ·handed us over to the Midianites [^Lgiven us into the hand of Midian].”

¹⁴ The Lord turned to Gideon and said, “Go with your strength and ·save [rescue; ^Tdeliver] Israel from the ·Midianites [^Lhand of Midian]. ·I am the one who is sending you. [^LAm I not sending you?]”

¹⁵ But Gideon answered, “Lord, how can I ·save [rescue; ^Tdeliver] Israel? My ·family group [clan] is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the ·least important [or youngest] member of my family.”