Before they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof;

Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by. You shall gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father's household.

She said, "According to your words, so be it." She sent them away, and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the window.