12. Then the Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said: “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”
13. Gideon said to Him, “Please Sir, if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened? And where are all His wonders that our fathers told us about? They said, ‘Hasn’t the Lord brought us out of Egypt? ’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”
14. The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and deliver Israel from the power of Midian. Am I not sending you? ”
15. He said to Him, “Please, Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Look, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
16. “But I will be with you,” the Lord said to him. “You will strike Midian down as if it were one man.”
17. Then he said to Him, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that You are speaking with me.