Belief in the God of ancestors is strong.

He appealed also to his ancestors themselves and entreated them to come to his assistance, for are we not one with them and strong in the same faith?
But the sea lay in calm repose and divided not.
Six horsemen came riding over the sand, shouting for joy at the thought of their reward, when they saw those they had so long pursued standing by the water, unable to proceed farther.

Quickly they approached the shore, and were about to let fly the stones from their slings against the couple who had the little King of the Jews with them, when they saw the fugitives descend the wave-dashed cliffs and go out upon the surface of the sea.

The man led the ass on which sat the woman with the child, and just as they passed over the sand of the desert, with even steps, they passed over the waters of the sea.
Their pursuers rode after them in blind rage, urged their horses into the sea, and were the first to reach--not Egypt, but the other world..