O my fair Lord, thou art he who
judgeth between the wrong and the right." And the god Ra hearkened unto
all his words, and he caused a great stream to come into being, and to
separate the two brothers, and the water was filled with crocodiles. Now
Anpu was on one side of the stream and Bata on the other, and Anpu
wrung his hands together in bitter wrath because he could not kill his
brother. Then Bata cried out to Anpu on the other bank, saying, "Stay
where thou art until daylight, and until the Disk (_i.e._ the Sun-god)
riseth. I will enter into judgment with thee in his presence, for it is
he who setteth right what is wrong. I shall never more live with thee,
and I shall never again dwell in the place where thou art. I am going to
the Valley of the Acacia."

And when the day dawned, and there was light on the earth, and
Ra-Harmakhis was shining, the two brothers looked at each other. And
Bata spake unto Anpu, saying, "Why hast thou pursued me in this
treacherous way, wishing to slay me without first hearing what I had to
say? I am thy brother, younger than thou art, and thou art as a father
and thy wife is as a mother to me. Is it not so? When thou didst send me
to fetch seed corn for our work, it was thy wife who said, 'I pray thee
to stay with me,' but behold, the facts have been misrepresented to
thee, and the reverse of what happened hath been put before thee." Then
Bata explained everything to Anpu, and made him to understand exactly
what had taken place between him and his brother's wife. And Bata swore
an oath by Ra-Harmakhis, saying, "By Ra-Harmakhis, to lie in wait for me
and to pursue me, with thy knife in thy hand ready to slay me, was a
wicked and abominable thing to do." And Bata took [from his side] the
knife which he used in cutting reeds, and drove it into his body, and he
sank down fainting upon the ground. Then Anpu cursed himself with bitter
curses, and he lifted up his voice and wept; and he did not know how to
cross over the stream to the bank where Bata was because of the
crocodiles. And Bata cried out to him, saying, "Behold, thou art ready
to remember against me one bad deed of mine, but thou dost not remember
my good deeds, or even one of the many things that have been done for
thee by me. Shame on thee! Get thee back to thy house and tend thine own
cattle, for I will no longer stay with thee. I will depart to the Valley
of the Acacia. But thou shalt come to minister to me, therefore take
heed