Judges 6:18

Depart not hence is the natural sequel of Judges 6:17 a. Like Abraham (Genesis 18:3 ff.) and Manoah (ch. Judges 13:15), Gideon presses hospitality upon the stranger. He had to run home in order to prepare the food, for the winepress was outside the village.

my present The word has this meaning in Judges 3:15; Judges 3:17; Genesis 32:13 ff; Genesis 33:10; Genesis 43:11 ff. etc.; but it is used more frequently of an offeringmade to God, whether of animals or of the fruit of the earth, e.g. Gen 4:3-5, 1 Samuel 2:17; 1 Samuel 2:29; in the later ritual usage it becomes the technical term for the meal- or grain-offering, Ezekiel 46:14, and always in P. In the present case Gideon prepares a present of food for his guest, not an offering to God; but in view of what happened the writer chose a word which might bear either sense. The LXX definitely renders -sacrifice." Cf. Judges 13:19.