13Then Gideon said to him, O my lord, if the Lord is with us why has all this come on us? And where are all his works of power, of which our fathers have given us word, saying, Did not the Lord take us out of Egypt? But now he has given us up, handing us over to the power of Midian.
14And the Lord, turning to him, said, Go in the strength you have and be Israel's saviour from Midian: have I not sent you?
15And he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
16Then the Lord said to him, Truly, I will be with you, and you will overcome the Midianites as if they were one man.
17So he said to him, If now I have grace in your eyes, then give me a sign that it is you who are talking to me.
18Do not go away till I come with my offering and put it before you. And he said, I will not go away before you come back.
19Then Gideon went in and made ready a young goat, and with an ephah of meal he made unleavened cakes: he put the meat in a basket and the soup in which it had been cooked he put in a pot, and he took it out to him under the oak-tree and gave it to him there.
