13. Migrating as the patriarchs did from the region of one tribe to the
country of another they were singularly preserved. The little wandering family
might have been off root and branch had not a special mandate been issued from
the throne for their protection. It was not the gentleness of their neighbors
which screened them; they were hedged about by the mysterious guardianship of
heaven. Whether in Egypt, or in Philistia, or in Canaan, the heirs of the
promises, dwelling in their tents, were always secure.
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