Judges 6:12-17

12And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, "The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor."

13And Gideon said to him, "Please, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us, saying, 'Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian."

14And the Lord turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?"

15And he said to him, "Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."

16And the Lord said to him, "But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man."

17And he said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.