7. So the men pursued them on the road to the fords of the Jordan. As soon as the pursuers had gone out, they shut the gate.
8. Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof,
9. and she said to the men: “I know that Adonai has given you the land—dread of you has fallen on us and all the inhabitants of the land are melting in fear before you.
10. For we have heard how Adonai dried up the water of the Sea of Reeds before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
11. When we heard about it, our hearts melted, and no spirit remained any more in anyone because of you. For Adonai your God, He is God, in heaven above and on earth beneath.
12. So now, please swear to me by Adonai, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s house. Give me a true sign
13. that you will spare the lives of my father, my mother, my brothers, my sisters and all who belong to them, and save our lives from death.”
14. The men said to her: “Our life for yours, if you don’t report this business of ours. Then it will be when Adonai gives us the land that we will deal kindly and loyally with you.”
15. So she lowered them down by a rope through the window—for her house was in the wall; she was living in the wall.
16. Then she said to them: “Go to the hill country, lest the pursuers meet you, and hide yourselves there for three days, until the pursuers return. Afterward, you may go your way.”
17. Then the men said to her: “We will be released from this oath that you have made us swear,