Giudici 6:15

15 Ed egli a lui: "Ah, signor mio, con che salverò io Israele? Ecco, il mio migliaio è il più povero di Manasse, e io sono il più piccolo nella casa di mio padre".

Giudici 6:15 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 6:15

And he said unto him, oh my Lord
Whether he had yet suspected who he was, or took him still for some eminent person, is not certain; it is very probable he began to think he was some extraordinary person sent of God, and speaking in his name, and therefore expostulates with him about the work he put him upon:

wherewith shall I save Israel?
in what way is it possible for me to do it, who had neither men nor money sufficient for such an undertaking?

behold, my family is poor in Manasseh;
of which tribe he was, and the "thousand" in it, as the word F12 here used signifies, was the meanest of all the thousands in that tribe; some render it, "my father" F13:

and I am the least in my father's house;
perhaps the youngest son; though some take him, and others his father, to be the Chiliarch, or head of the thousand; but by these words of his it does not seem as if either was true; not but that he was of some wealth and substance, power and authority, by having such a number of servants as to take "ten" of them with him, ( Judges 6:27 ) however, this he says in great humility and modesty, having no high thoughts of himself and family, nor any dependence on his own strength, and on an arm of flesh.


FOOTNOTES:

F12 (ypla) "chilias, mea", Montanus, Drusius; "mea millenaria", Tigurine version; "mille meum", Piscator.
F13 "Pater meus", Pagninus; so some in Drusius.

Giudici 6:15 In-Context

13 E Gedeone gli rispose: "Ahimè, signor mio, se l’Eterno è con noi, perché ci è avvenuto tutto questo? e dove sono tutte quelle sue maraviglie che i nostri padri ci hanno narrate dicendo: L’Eterno non ci trasse egli dall’Egitto? Ma ora l’Eterno ci ha abbandonato e ci ha dato nelle mani di Madian".
14 Allora l’Eterno si volse a lui, e gli disse: "Va’ con cotesta tua forza, e salva Israele dalla mano di Madian; non son io che ti mando?"
15 Ed egli a lui: "Ah, signor mio, con che salverò io Israele? Ecco, il mio migliaio è il più povero di Manasse, e io sono il più piccolo nella casa di mio padre".
16 L’Eterno gli disse: "Perché io sarò teco, tu sconfiggerai i Madianiti come se fossero un uomo solo".
17 E Gedeone a lui: "Se ho trovato grazia agli occhi tuoi, dammi un segno che sei proprio tu che mi parli.

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