The dew of
heaven, the fatness
of the earth,
plenty of corn
and wine, and the
lordship over his
brethren.
"Heuene dew, and erðeſ fetthed,
Of win and olie fulſum-hed," 1548
And bad him of hiſ kindes lou_er_d ben,
In welðe and migt wurðinge ðen.
Wel bliðe and fagen was iacob ðo,
for bliſced he wente hiſ fader fro. 1552
When Isaac understood
that
Esau came too
late he was seized
with great fear.
Quan yſaac it under-nam
ðat eſau to late cam,
And ðat iſ broðer, af-ter boren,
Waſ kumen and hadde iſ bliſcing bi-foren, 1556
Wel ſelkuðlike he wurð for-dred;
In his dread he
saw how God
would that it
should so be.
And in ðat dred hiſ ðogt waſ led
In to ligtneſſe for to ſen
Quow god wulde it ſulde ben. 1560
To Esau thus he
spoke:
ðo ſeide yſaac to eſau,
"Thy brother
was here just
now, and has
taken thy blessing,
and he shall
be blessed."
"ðin broðer iacob waſ her nu,
[Fol. 31.]
And toc ðin bliſcing liðer-like,
And he wurð bliſced witterlike." 1564
Quad eſau, "rigt iſ hiſ name
hoten iacob, to min un-frame;
Esau intreats for
one blessing.
Or he min firme birðe toc,
Nu haued[172] he ſtolen min bliſcing oc; 1568
ðog, fader dere, bidde ic ðe,
ðat ſum bliſcing gif ðu me."
Isaac promises
him that his
dwelling shall be
of the fatness of
the earth and of
the dew of
heaven.
ðo gan eſau ðengen[173] and ſen
Quilc iſ bliſcing migte ben; 1572
In heuene deu, and erðes ſmere,
Gatte him bliſcing ðat him waſ gere;
Idumea became
Esau's inheritance.
for ydumea, ðat fulſum lond,
Of lewſe god, was in hiſe hond. 1576
Esau threatens
Jacob.
Q_u_ad eſau, "grot ſal bi-cumen,
And wreche of iacob ſal binumen."
Oc rebecca wiſte ðat ðhogt,
ðat hate waſ in hiſe herte brogt, 1580
Rebekah warns
Jacob of his brother's
intentions.
for-ði ghe iacob warnen gan,
And ſente him to hiſ broðer laban;
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[173] _read_ ðenken