38 Egypt was glad when they left,because dread of Israel had fallen on them.
39 He spread out a cloud as a covering,and a fire to give light at night.
40 They asked, and he brought them quail;he fed them well with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out;it flowed like a river in the desert.
42 For he remembered his holy promisegiven to his servant Abraham.
43 He brought out his people with rejoicing,his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
44 he gave them the lands of the nations,and they fell heir to what others had toiled for –