Indeed they were but half round in such fashion that they blocked the pathway from side to side, when a wild yell of 'Jahveh' broke upon our ears, and from round the bend, a few paces away, rushed a horde of fierce, hook-nosed men, brandishing knives and swords.

Scarcely was there time for us to leap behind the shelter of the chariot and make ready, when they were on us.
"Hearken," I said to the charioteer as they came, "run as you never ran before, and bring up the guard behind!" He sprang away like an arrow.
"Get back, Lady," cried Seti.

"This is no woman's work, and see here comes Laban to seek you," and he pointed with his sword at the leader of the murderers.
She obeyed, staggering a few paces to a stone at the roadside, behind which she crouched.

Afterwards she told me that she had no strength to go further, and indeed no will, since if we were killed, it were better that she who had warned us should be killed also.
Now they had reached us, the whole flood of them, thirty or forty men.
The first who came stabbed the frightened horses, and down they went against the bank, struggling.

On the chariot leapt the Hebrews, seeking to come at us, and we met them as best we might, tearing off our cloaks and throwing them over our left arms to serve as shields.
Oh! what a fight was that.