Gideon

¹¹ Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash ^(A)the Abiezrite, while his son ^(B)Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites. ¹² And the ^(C)Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, “The Lord is ^(D)with you, you mighty man of valor!”

¹³ Gideon said to Him, “O ^[a]my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And ^(E)where are all His miracles ^(F)which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has ^(G)forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”

¹⁴ Then the Lord turned to him and said, ^(H)“Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. ^(I)Have I not sent you?”

¹⁵ So he said to Him, “O ^[b]my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed ^(J)my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”

¹⁶ And the Lord said to him, ^(K)“Surely I will be with you, and you shall ^[c]defeat the Midianites as one man.”

¹⁷ Then he said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then ^(L)show me a sign that it is You who talk with me. ^18 (M)Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You.”

And He said, “I will wait until you come back.”