angels answered: "O Lord of the world! All thing are Thine, and all
are Thine handiwork. Thou knowest well, and it is manifest before
Thee, that among all Thy creatures there is none so quick as the
wind that comes from under the throne of Thy glory," and the Lord
flew swiftly upon the wings of the wind. [44]

The angels now advanced to support the Lord in His war against
the Egyptians. Some brought swords, some arrows, and some
spears. But God warded them off, saying, "Away! I need no help!"
[45] The arrows sped by Pharaoh against the children of Israel
were answered by the Lord with fiery darts directed against the
Egyptians. Pharaoh's army advanced with gleaming swords, and
the Lord sent out lightnings that discomfited the Egyptians.
Pharaoh hurled missiles, and the Lord discharged hailstones and
coals of fire against him. With trumpets, sackbuts, and horns the
Egyptians made their assault, and the Lord thundered in the
heavens, and the Most High uttered His voice. In vain the
Egyptians marched forward in orderly battle array; the Lord
deprived them of their standards, and they were thrown into wild
confusion. [46] To lure them into the water, the Lord caused fiery
steeds to swim out upon the sea, and the horses of the Egyptians
followed them, each with a rider upon his back. [47]

Now the Egyptians tried to flee to their land in their chariots drawn
by she-mules. As they had treated the children of Israel in a way
contrary to nature, so the Lord treated them now. Not the
she-mules pulled the chariots but the chariots, though fire from
heaven had consumed their wheels, dragged the men and the
beasts into the water. The chariots were laden with silver, gold,
and all sorts of costly things, which the river Pishon, as it flows