26. None of your women will have her baby die before it is born, and all women will have children. I will allow you to live long lives.
27. “I will make your enemies afraid of me. I will confuse any people you fight against, and I will make all your enemies run away from you.
28. I will send terror ahead of you that will force the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites out of your way.
29. But I will not force all those people out in only one year. If I did, the land would become a desert and the wild animals would become too many for you.
30. Instead, I will force those people out slowly, until there are enough of you to take over the land.