Men say that
Abraham called
Hagar Keturah.
Get men seyn[164] ðat abraham,
ſiðen calde agar ceturam,
She bore him
seven sons.
And ſge bar him ſiðen ſex ſunen;
Abraham dede hem ſiðen ſundri wunen; 1448
fer eſt fro cratonidé,
Weren he ſpred to ðe rede se.
Yſaac he let al hiſ god,
for he waſ bi-geten of kinde blod. 1452
Abraham died at
the age of 175.
An hundred ger hold and ſeuenti
And .v. he waſ leid ſarram bi.
boðen yſaac and yſmael
Him bi-ſtoden wurlike and wel. 1456
Ishmael was 137
years old when
he died.
On hundred ger and .xxxvij.
Liuede yſmael and waſ ðor bi.
[Fol. 29.]
Isaac was forty
years old when
he took Rebekah
to wife.
Yſaac waſ hold .xl. ger
Quanne rebecca cam him ner; 1460
Longe it waſ or ghe him child bar,
Isaac intreated
the Lord for his
wife, who was
barren.
And he bad god, qua_n_ne he it wurð war,
ðat he ſulde fillen ðat quede
ðat he[165] abraham q_u_ilum dede. 1464
ðo wurð rebecca childre bere,
Rebekah conceived.
ðat ghe felte ful time i_n_ gere;
At on burdene ghe under-stod
two ðe weren hire ſibbe blod; 1468
Alſe ðhute hire day and nigt,
The children
struggled together
within
her.
Alſe he wrogten and[166] figt,
Queðer here ſulde birðen bi-foren.
Esau was the
first born, and
Jacob was born
soon after.
Oc eſau waſ firmeſt boren, 1472
And iacob ſone after, ic wot,
for ðat he heldim bi ðe fot.
Sixty years was
Isaac at this
time.
Sexti ger yſaac waſ old,
Quan ðiſ tidi[n]g him waſ told; 1476
Ghe[167] was abraham liues her,
After ðiſ, fiftene ger.
[164] _seyn_ is at the side in a later hand.
[165] In a later hand at the side.
[166] _read_ an?
[167] _read_ get