"be ðu ðer," q_u_at ghe, "til eſau
Eðe moðed [be], ðe wreðed nu, 1584
And ðu ſalt ðe betre ſped,
Rebekah complains
to Isaac of
Esau's marriage
and connection
with the Canaanites.
If it beð bi ðin faderes red."
Q_u_ad rebecca to hire were,
"Eſau wifuede uſ to dere 1588
[Fol. 31b.]
Quan he iuſted & beð ſo mat,
Toc of kin ðe canaan bi-gat,
For-ði he maked him ſtið & ſtrong,
For he beð mengt ðat kin among; 1592
If iacob toke her alſo a wif,
Ne bode ic no lengere werldeſ lif.
Isaac blesses
Jacob,
Yſaac bad iacob hi_m_ garen,
and sends him to
Padan-aram.
And forð ſwiðe to laban faren; 1596
Iacob liſtenede ðo frendes red,
Fro berſabe he ferde wið ſped;
Jacob went a
long way about,
Long weie he gan to-ward aram,
bi cananeam forð he nam, 1600
in order to avoid
the houses of the
Canaanites.
And wulde nogt ðat folc bi-twen
Herberged in here huſes ben.
At Luz he tarried
all night.
He lay bi luzan ut on nigt,
A ſton under hiſe heued rigt, 1604
In a dream he
saw a ladder
reaching from
earth to heaven,
And ſlep and ſag, an ſoðe drem,
fro ðe erðe up til heuene bem,
A leddre ſtonden, and ðor-on
angels ascending
and descending,
and the Lord
stood above it.
Angeles dun-cumen and up-gon, 1608
And ðe lou_er_d ðor uppe a-buuen
Lened[174] ðor-on; and [Jacob] wurð ut-ſuuen,
"I am," He said,
"the God of
Abraham and of
Isaac;
Herde ðat he q_u_ad, "god ic am
ðe luued yſaac and abraham; 1612
this land will I
give thee, and in
thy seed shall
all mankind be
blessed."
And ðis lond ic ſal giuen ðin ſed,
And in ðis weige don ðe red;
[Fol. 32.]
And i ſal bringen ðe a-gen,
And of ðin kinde bliſced ðu ſalt ben." 1616
[174] _read_ leued = remained?