Giudici 6:18

18 Deh! non moverti di qui, finch’io venga a te, e ti rechi il mio presente, e te lo metta davanti. Ed egli gli disse: Io rimarrò qui, finchè tu ritorni.

Giudici 6:18 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee
Intending to go to his own, or his father's house, to fetch some food to entertain him with, and therefore entreats he would not quit the place where he was until he returned:

and bring forth my present, and set it before thee;
to treat him with, as a stranger and a messenger of God; and perhaps he thought, by this means, the better to discover who he was, whether an angel or a man: the word for the "present" is "minchah", often used for a meat offering, therefore some have thought of a sacrifice; but it appears by what follows that it was not of the nature of a sacrifice; and, besides, Gideon was no priest, nor was this a place for sacrifice, nor was there here any altar; and, besides, as Gideon did not yet know that it was the Lord himself, he could never think of offering a sacrifice to him:

and he said, I will tarry until thou come again;
which was a wonderful instance of divine condescension, it being some time he waited ere Gideon could prepare what he brought, as follows.

Giudici 6:18 In-Context

16 E il Signore gli disse: Perciocchè io sarò teco, e tu percoterai i Madianiti, come se fossero un uomo solo.

17 E Gedeone gli disse: Deh! se io ho trovata grazia appo te, dammi un segno che tu sei desso, tu che parli meco.

18 Deh! non moverti di qui, finch’io venga a te, e ti rechi il mio presente, e te lo metta davanti. Ed egli gli disse: Io rimarrò qui, finchè tu ritorni.

19 Gedeone adunque entrò in casa, e apparecchiò un capretto, e fece de’ pani azzimi d’un efa di farina; poi mise la carne in un canestro, e il brodo in una pentola, e gliel recò sotto la quercia, e gliel presentò.

20 E l’Angelo del Signore gli disse: Piglia questa carne, e questi pani azzimi, e posali in su quel sasso, e spandi il brodo.