“He said to him, “O Lord,how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”
Judges 6:15 (WEB)
Context Reading
13Gideon said to him, “Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, ‘Didn’t Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?’ But now Yahweh has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.” 14Yahweh looked at him, and said, “Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Haven’t I sent you?” 15He said to him, “O Lord,how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” 16Yahweh said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.” 17He said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.