Gideon replied,“ If you are pleased with me, give me a special sign. Then I’ll know that it’s really you talking to me.

基甸说：“我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你给我一个证据，使我知道与我说话的就是主。

基甸对他说：“我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你给我一个证据，证明是你在跟我说话。

基甸对他说：“我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你给我一个证据，证明是你在跟我说话。

基甸说：“如果我在你面前蒙恩，求你给我一个凭据，使我知道与我说话的真是你耶和华。

基甸又对他说：“如果我在你眼前蒙恩，求你给我一个凭据，证实是你与我说话。

基甸說：「我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你給我一個證據，使我知道與我說話的就是主。

基甸對他說：「我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你給我一個證據，證明是你在跟我說話。

基甸對他說：「我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你給我一個證據，證明是你在跟我說話。

基甸說：「如果我在你面前蒙恩，求你給我一個憑據，使我知道與我說話的真是你耶和華。

基甸又對他說：“如果我在你眼前蒙恩，求你給我一個憑據，證實是你與我說話。

基甸對他說：『我若在你面前蒙恩，求你為我顯個神迹，證實是你同我說話。

曰、我若蒙恩於爾前、求示我以徵、俾知與我言者為爾也、

曰如我蒙恩於爾前、請示以徵、則知爾誠諭我者也。

曰、如我蒙恩於主前、求主示我以證、使我知與我言者誠主也、或作使我知主真與我言

Gideon replied,“ If now I have found favor in your eyes, give me a sign that it is really you talking to me.

And he said to him,“ If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.

Gideon replied,“ If you are truly going to help me, show me a sign to prove that it is really the Lord speaking to me.

Then he said to him,“ If I have found favor with you, give me a sign that you are speaking with me.

So Gideon said to Him,“ If now I have found favor in Your sight, then perform for me a sign that it is You speaking with me.

Then he said to Him,“ If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who talk with me.

And he said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.

Then he said to Him,“ If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that You are speaking with me.

And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

Gideon said to him,“ If you really are pleased with me, then give me a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.

He said to him,“ If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.

Prove your goodness to me. Then my enemies will see it and be put to shame. Lord, you have helped me and given me comfort.

If you are pleased with me, teach me more about yourself. Then I can know you. And I can continue to please you. Remember that this nation is your people.”

“ I am the Lord your God. Ask me to give you a sign. It can be anything in the deepest grave or in the highest heaven.”

How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and your people? You must go with us. How else will we be different from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

Gideon said to God,“ You promised you would use me to save Israel.Please do something for me. I’ll put a piece of wool on the threshing floor. Suppose dew is only on the wool tomorrow morning. And suppose the ground all around it is dry. Then I will know that you will use me to save Israel. I’ll know that your promise will come true.”And that’s what happened. Gideon got up early the next day. He squeezed the dew out of the wool. The water filled a bowl.Then Gideon said to God,“ Don’t be angry with me. Let me ask you for just one more thing. Let me use the wool for one more test. But this time make the wool dry. And let the ground be covered with dew.”So that night God did it. Only the wool was dry. The ground all around it was covered with dew.

But Abram said,“ Lord and King, how can I know I will have this land as my own?”So the Lord said to him,“ Bring me a young cow, a goat and a ram. Each must be three years old. Bring a dove and a young pigeon along with them.”Abram brought all of them to the Lord. Abram cut them in two and placed the halves opposite each other. But he didn’t cut the birds in half.Then large birds came down to eat the dead bodies of the animals and birds. But Abram chased the large birds away.As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep. A thick and scary darkness covered him.Then the Lord said to him,“ You can be sure of what I am about to tell you. For 400 years, your family who comes after you will be strangers in another country. They will become slaves there and will be treated badly.But I will punish the nation that makes them slaves. After that, they will leave with many possessions.But you will die in peace. You will join the members of your family who have already died. And you will be buried when you are very old.Your children’s grandchildren will come back here. That’s because the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached the point where I must punish them.”The sun set and it became dark. Then a burning torch and a pot filled with smoking coals appeared. They passed between the pieces of the animals that had been cut in two.

Hezekiah had said to Isaiah,“ You say the Lord will heal me. You say that I’ll go up to his temple on the third day from now. What will the sign be to prove he’ll really do that?”Isaiah answered,“ The Lord will do what he has promised. Here is his sign to you. Do you want the shadow the sun makes to go forward ten steps? Or do you want it to go back ten steps?”“ It’s easy for the shadow to go forward ten steps,” said Hezekiah.“ So have it go back ten steps.”Then Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord. And the Lord made the shadow go back ten steps. It went back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway Ahaz had made.

Moses answered,“ What if the elders of Israel won’t believe me? What if they won’t listen to me? Suppose they say,‘ The Lord didn’t appear to you.’ Then what should I do?”The Lord said to him,“ What do you have in your hand?”“ A walking stick,” he said.The Lord said,“ Throw it on the ground.” So Moses threw it on the ground. It turned into a snake. He ran away from it.Then the Lord said to Moses,“ Reach your hand out. Take the snake by the tail.” So he reached out and grabbed the snake. It turned back into a walking stick in his hand.The Lord said,“ When they see this sign, they will believe that I appeared to you. I am the Lord, the God of their fathers. I am the God of Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. And I am the God of Jacob.”Then the Lord said,“ Put your hand inside your coat.” So Moses put his hand inside his coat. When he took it out, the skin had become as white as snow. His hand was covered with a skin disease.“ Now put it back into your coat,” the Lord said. So Moses put his hand back into his coat. When he took it out, the skin was healthy again. His hand was like the rest of his skin.Then the Lord said,“ Suppose they do not believe you or pay attention to the first sign. Then maybe they will believe the second one.But suppose they do not believe either sign. Suppose they will not listen to you. Then get some water from the Nile River. Pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river will turn into blood on the ground.”

“‘ “Here is a sign from me. It will show you that I will heal you, just as I promised I would.The shadow that was made by the sun has gone down ten steps on the stairway of Ahaz. I will make it go back up those ten steps.” ’ ” So the shadow went back up the ten steps it had gone down.