Chapter 5
He must not trust Pharaoh’s soldiers
He had sworn to protect Yusuf more than ten years before and he had always remained in proximity to him. A watcher, who took form and revealed himself as an Archangel, extracted this promise from him. When Uriel the Archangel told him to leave Mount Elbrus and the Caucasus and seek a caravan of slave traders that had left Canaan. Eli accepted the angel’s offer. In turn, he extracted one himself that he hadn’t called in yet.
“Do I have your answer?” Yusuf asked.
“I made a promise a long time ago never to leave you too far from where I can watch.”