Juízes 6:17

I have found grace in thy sight. — A phrase found both in the Old and New Testament. (See Gênesis 6:8; Ester 5:8.)

Shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. — Give me some clear proof that this is no mere vision, and that thy message is really from God, and portends me favour. (See Salmos 86:17; Isaías 7:11.)

Depart not hence. — Comp. 1 Reis 13:15.

My present. — My minchah. The word means first “an offering,” but specially “an offering to God,” as throughout the Book of Leviticus for the meat-offering of flour, &c. Hence the LXX. render it “the sacrifice”: “and I will sacrifice before thee.” Gideon seems, however, purposely to use a neutral word, suspecting, but not yet being convinced, that the stranger under the terebinth is something more than man. The desire to be hospitable may have mingled with his deepening sense of awe. (Comp. Juízes 13:15; Gênesis 18:6.)