But there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle to fly into the wilderness, to her place where she was sustained for a time,* and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. And from his mouth, the serpent expelled water like a river in pursuit of the woman, so that she might be carried away by the torrent. But the earth helped the woman, and the earth* opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had expelled from his mouth.