14 “And it must occur that in case your son should inquire of you later on,+ saying, ‘What does this mean?’ then you must say to him, ‘By strength of hand Jehovah brought us out of Egypt,+ from the house of slaves.+

13 At this Gidʹe·on said to him: “Excuse me, my lord, but if Jehovah is with us, then why has all this come upon us,+ and where are all his wonderful acts+ that our fathers related to us,+ saying, ‘Was it not out of Egypt that Jehovah brought us up?’+ And now Jehovah has deserted us,+ and he gives us into the palm of Midʹi·an.”