Jacob awoke.
"Surely," he
said, "here is
God's house.
Iacob abraid, & ſeide frigtilike:—
"God in ðis ſtede iſ wittirlike,
Her, dredful ſtede, her, godeſ hus,
Her, heuenegate amonguſ[175] us; 1620
If I may come
again to my father's
house,
Lou_er_d, if ic mote a-gen cumen,
Of ðis ſtede ic ſal i_n_ herte munen;"
(Sette he up ðat ſton for muniging,
And get on olige for tok-ning) 1624
the lord shall be
my God,
"He ſal eu_er_e min lou_er_d ben,
ðat dede me her ðis ſigt[e] ſen,
here I shall brake
offerings, and
yield tithes."
Her ic ſal offrendes here don
And tigðes wel gelden her-up-on; 1628
And wel ſal luz wurðed ben,
for ic gan her ðis ſigðhe ſen."
Jacob called the
place Bethel.
Iacob calde ðat ſtede betel;
Q_u_or-fore he it dede, he wiſte wel. 1632
Longe weie he ſiðen ou_er_-cam,
Jacob pursues his
journey.
And longe time or he ſag tharam.
Q_u_ane he cam ner, fond he ðor-on
He finds a well
at Haran; three
flocks of sheep
were lying by it.
A welle wel helid under a ſton, 1636
And ðre flockes of ſep dor-bi,[176]
The cattle did
not go to water
one by one, but
were all collected
together at
one time.
ðat ðor abiden al for-ði;
ðor waſ nogt wune on & on,
ðat orf ðor to water gon, 1640
[Fol. 32b.]
Oc at ſet time he ſulden ſamen,
ðor hem-ſelf & here orf framen.
Jacob asks the
herdsmen the
way to Laban's
house.
Iacob ðes hirdes freinen gan,
Hu fer iſt heðen to laban; 1644
Wel he ſeiden and ſwiðe wel,
They answered,
"Here is Rachel
his daughter."
She came to bring
the sheep to the
well.
"loc! her hiſ dogter rachel."
Sep he driuen ðiſ welle ner,
for ghe hem wulde wattre ðer. 1648
Jacob rolled the
stone from the
well's mouth.
Iacob wið hire wente ðat ſton,
And let hire ſep to wat_er_ gon;
He made known
his relationship
to Rachel.
And kidde he was hire mouies ſune,
And kiſte hire aftre kindes wune; 1652
[175] So in MS.
[176] _read_ ðor-bi