8 Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof, 9 and said to the men: g“I know that the Lord has given you the land, that hthe terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land iare fainthearted because of you. 10 For we have heard how the Lord jdried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and kwhat you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you lutterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we mheard these things, nour hearts melted; neither did there remain any more courage in anyone because of you, for othe Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath. 12 Now therefore, I beg you, pswear to me by the Lord, since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to qmy father’s house, and rgive me 3a true token, 13 and sspare my father, my mother, my brothers, my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.”

14 So the men answered her, “Our lives for yours, if none of you tell this business of ours. And it shall be, when the Lord has given us the land, that twe will deal kindly and truly with you.”