And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, [and] slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he [was] yet a youth.
Ver. 20. And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them.]
“ Adeo a teneris assuescere magnum est. ”
Gideon would inure his son to manlike actions from his youth, and make him share with him in the honour of his victory.