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13 Gideon said to him, ‘Please, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened? And where are all his wonders that our ancestors 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 grasp of Midian. I am sending you! ’(A)

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 family.’

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