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"May God be between you and harm in all the empty places you must walk." Original translation from English into 18th Dynasty Egyptian.

Variations of this quote appear in the Babylon 5 episodes "A Distant Star" and "Shadow Dancing", which are likely an homage to the ending of Harlan Ellison's "Paladin of the Lost Hour", in which it is described as an 18th Dynasty blessing. I haven't found it in any of my sources, but that doesn't necessarily mean it isn't. If it is an actual blessing, it probably came from the 18th, but more likely Ellison just knows how to write convincingly. Because he's Harlan Ellison.

John Sheridan: "May God be between you and harm in all the empty places you must walk."

"May the Gods always stand between you and harm in all the empty places you must walk."

Susan Ivanova: "May God stand between you and harm in all the empty places where you must walk." or "May gods stand between you and harm in all the empty places where you must...

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