He said to him, Oh, Lord, with which shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
Ophrah was a village over which Gideon’s father, Joash, exercised a strong influence (Judges 6:11; cf. Judges 6:24). Its exact location is uncertain, but it appears to have been in the Jezreel Valley.