13 To whom Gideon answered, [a]Ah my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this come upon us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, and said, Did not the Lord bring us out [of] Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hand of the Midianites.

14 And the [b]Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy [c]might, and thou shalt save Israel out of the hands of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?

15 And he answered him, Ah my Lord, whereby shall I save Israel? behold, my [d]father is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 6:13 This came not of distrust, but of weakness of faith, which is in the most perfect: for no man in this life can have a perfect faith: yet the children of God have a true faith, whereby they be justified.
  2. Judges 6:14 That is, Christ appearing in visible form.
  3. Judges 6:14 Which I have given thee.
  4. Judges 6:15 Or, family.

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