The LORD turned to him and said, "Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?" "Please, my Lord," Gideon replied, "how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father's house.""Surely I will be with you," the LORD replied, "and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man." (Judges 6:14-16)