God wolde p[=a] fandian Abrah[=a]mes [.g]e.h[=i]ersumnesse, and
clipode his naman, and cwaeth him thus t[=o]: 'Nim th[=i]nne 20
[=a]n-c[e,]nnedan sunu Isa[=a]c, the th[=u] lufast, and far t[=o]
th[=ae]m
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lande Visionis hrathe, and [.g]e.offra hine th[=ae]r uppan [=a]nre
d[=u]ne.'
Abrah[=a]m th[=a] [=a].r[=a]s on th[=ae]re ilcan nihte, and f[=e]rde mid
tw[=ae]m cnapum t[=o] th[=ae]m fierlenum lande, and Isa[=a]c samod, 25
on assum r[=i]dende.
Th[=a] on th[=ae]m thriddan dae[.g]e, th[=a] h[=i]e th[=a] d[=u]ne
[.g]e.s[=a]won, th[=ae]r
th[=ae]r h[=i]e t[=o] scoldon t[=o] of.sl[=e]anne Isa[=a]c, th[=a] cwaeth
Abrah[=a]m
t[=o] th[=ae]m tw[=ae]m cnapum thus: 'Andb[=i]diath [=e]ow h[=e]r mid
th[=ae]m
assum sume hw[=i]le! ic and th[=ae]t [.c]ild g[=a]th unc t[=o]
[.g]e.biddenne, 30
and wit siththan cumath s[=o]na eft t[=o] [=e]ow.'
Abrah[=a]m th[=a] h[=e]t Isa[=a]c beran thone wudu t[=o] th[=ae]re
st[=o]we,
and h[=e] self baer his sweord and f[=y]r. Isa[=a]c tha [=a]scode
Abrah[=a]m
his faeder: 'Faeder m[=i]n, ic [=a]sci[.g]e hw[=ae]r s[=e]o offrung
s[=i]e;
h[=e]r is wudu and f[=y]r.' Him andwyrde se faeder: 'God
fores[.c][=e]awath, 35
m[=i]n sunu, him self th[=a] offrunge.'
H[=i]e c[=o]mon th[=a] t[=o] th[=ae]re st[=o]we the him [.g]e.sweotolode
God;
and h[=e] th[=ae]r weofod [=a].r[=ae]rde on th[=a] ealdan w[=i]san, and
thone
wudu [.g]e.l[=o]gode sw[=a] sw[=a] h[=e] hit wolde habban t[=o] his suna
baernette, siththan h[=e] of.slae[.g]en wurde. H[=e] [.g]e.band th[=a]
his 40
sunu, and his sweord [=a].t[=e]ah, thaet h[=e] hine [.g]e.offrode on
th[=a]
ealdan w[=i]san.
Mid th[=ae]m the h[=e] wolde th[=ae]t weorc be.[.g]innan, th[=a] clipode
Godes [e,]n[.g]el arodl[=i]ce of heofonum: 'Abrah[=a]m!' H[=e] andwyrde
s[=o]na. Se [e,]n[.g]el him cwaeth t[=o]: 'Ne [=a].cw[e,]le th[=u] 45
thaet [.c]ild, ne th[=i]ne hand ne [=a].str[e,][.c]e ofer his sw[=e]oran!
N[=u] ic
on.cn[=e]ow s[=o]thl[=i]ce thaet p[=u] on.dr[=ae]tst sw[=i]the God, n[=u]
p[=u] p[=i]nne
[=a]n-c[e,]nnedan sunu woldest of.sl[=e]an for him.'
Th[=a] be.seah Abrah[=a]m s[=o]na under baec, and [.g]e.seah th[=ae]r
[=a]nne ramm be.twix th[=ae]m br[=e]mlum be th[=ae]m hornum
[.g]e.haeftne, 50
and h[=e] haefde thone ramm t[=o] th[=ae]re offrunge, and hine th[=ae]r
of.sn[=a]th Gode t[=o] l[=a]ce for his sunu Isa[=a]c. H[=e] h[=e]t th[=a]
st[=o]we
_Dominus videt_, thaet is 'God [.g]e.sihth,' and [.g]iet is
[.g]e.sae[.g]d
sw[=a], _In monte Dominus videbit_, thaet is, 'God [.g]e.sihth on
d[=u]ne.'
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Eft clipode se [e,]n[.g]el Abrah[=a]m, and cwaeth: 'Ic sae[.g]de 55
thurh m[=e] selfne, sae[.g]de se Aelmihtiga, n[=u] th[=u] noldest
[=a]rian
th[=i]num [=a]nc[e,]nnedum suna, ac th[=e] waes m[=i]n [e,][.g]e m[=a]re
thonne
his l[=i]f, ic th[=e] n[=u] bl[=e]tsi[.g]e, and th[=i]nne of-spring
ge.mani[.g]-fielde
sw[=a] sw[=a] steorran on heofonum, and sw[=a] sw[=a] sand-[.c]eosol
on s[=ae]; th[=i]n ofspring s[.c]eal [=a]gan hiera f[=e]onda [.g]eatu.
And on 60
th[=i]num s[=ae]de b[=e]oth ealle th[=e]oda [.g]e.bl[=e]tsode, for
th[=ae]m the th[=u]
[.g]e.h[=i]ersumodest m[=i]nre h[=ae]se thus.'
Abrah[=a]m th[=a] [.g]e.[.c]ierde s[=o]na t[=o] his cnapum, and f[=e]rdon
him
h[=a]m s[=o]na mid heofonlicre bl[=e]tsunge.