Judges 6:15

6:15 Gideon 1  said to him, “But Lord, 2  how 3  can I deliver Israel? Just look! My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my family.” 4 

Judges 9:37

9:37 Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center 5  of the land. A unit 6  is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.” 7 

1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Note the switch to אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “Lord”). Gideon seems aware that he is speaking to someone other than, and superior to, the messenger, whom he addressed as אֲדֹנִי (’adoniy, “my lord”) in v. 13.

3 tn Heb “with what.”

4 tn Heb “in my father’s house.”

5 tn Heb “navel.” On the background of the Hebrew expression “the navel of the land,” see R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 178-79.

6 tn Heb “head.”

7 tn Some English translations simply transliterated this as a place name (Heb “Elon-meonenim”); cf. NAB, NRSV.