They made their
father drunk so
that he wrought
the deed, and
each begot a
child.
Here fader, ðat he ne[143] wore ðor gon; 1148
Wið wineſ drinc he wenten iſ ðhogt,
So ðat he haueð ðe dede wrogt,
And on eiðer here a knaue bi-geten,
ðiſ ne mai nogt ben for-geten. 1152
ðiſ maidenes deden it in god dhogt,[144]
ðe fader oc drunken ne wiſte he it nogt.
The first bore
Moab, the other
Ammon.
ðe firſte him bar moab ðat ſune,
Of him beð folc, [in] moab it wune; 1156
ðe leſſe him bar a ſune amon,
Amonit folces fader on.
Now turn we to
Abraham.
NV bi-oueð uſ to wenden a-gen,
And of abrah_a_m ſong under-gon. 1160
On the morrow
he looked toward
Sodom,
Abraha_m_ up on morgen ſtod,
Wið reuli lote and frigti mod;
[142] MS. ſono.
[143] MS. hene.
[144] _read_ ðogt.