ðat ne ſulde him nogwer deren,
Oc him and hiſe helpen and weren; 1272
and gives him
the well of Beersheba.
He gaf hi_m_ a welle and a lond fre,
Abraham it clepede berſabe;
ðor ben he boðen feren pligt
ðat here neiðer ſal don oðer un-rigt. 1276
[Fol. 25b.]
Abraham gan ðor longe ben,
And tillede corn and ſette treen,
Abraham left the
land much richer
than he found it.
ðog [it] waſ nogt iſ kinde lond;
Richere he it leet ðan he it fond. 1280
Iff ioſephus ne legeð me,
ðor q_u_iles he wunede in berſabe,
When Isaac was
twenty-five years
old,
ſo waſ yſaaceſ eld told
xx. and fiwe winter old; 1284
God's word came
to Abraham,—
ðo herde abraha_m_ ſteuene fro gode,
Newe tiding, and ſelkuð bode:—
"Take Isaac thy
son,
"Tac ðin ſune yſaac in hond,
And far wið him to ſiðhingeſ lond, 1288
and offer him on
a hill that I shall
show thee."
And ðor ðu ſalt him offren me
On an hil ðor ic ſal taunen ðe."
fro berſabe iurneſ two
Waſ ðat lond ðat he bed him two;[152] 1292
Moriah that hill
was called.
And morie, men ſeið, waſ ðat hil,
ðat god him tawne[de] i_n_ his wil;
Upon this hill
was afterwards
built Solomon's
temple.
Men ſeið ðat dune-iſ ſiðen on
Was mad temple ſalamon, 1296
And ðe auter mad on ðat ſtede
ðor abraha_m_ he[153] offrande dede.
Abraham was
obedient to God's
commands.
Abraham waſ buxu_m_ o rigt,
Hiſe weie he tok ſone bi nigt; 1300
ðe ðrid[d]e day he ſagt ðe ſtede
ðe god him witen in herte dede;
[Fol. 26.]
He came to the
hill and sent his
servants away.
ðan he cam dun to ðo duneſ fot,
Non of hiſ men forðere ne mot, 1304
But yſaac iſ dere childe,
Isaac bare the
wood,
He bar ðe wude wið herte mild,
[152] _read_ to
[153] _read_ ðe