[Fol. 34b.]
ðanne fleg he to meſopotaniam,
and drew towards
Canaan.
And drog to-ward cananeam.
And Rachel adde hid and for-olen
Rachel had stolen
her father's gods.
Hire faderes godes of gold, & ſtolen. 1748
Laban it wiſte on ðe ðridde dai
Laban, hearing
of Jacob's flight,
pursues him.
ðat iacob waſ ðus flogen a-wei;
He toc, and wente, and folwede on,
And ðhogt in mod iacob to ſlon, 1752
God, in a dream,
forbids Laban to
harm Jacob.
Oc god in ſweuene ſpac him to,
ðat he ſulde iacob non yuel do.
Laban overtakes
Jacob on the
seventh day.
vij. nigt forð-geden and dais oc,
Or laban iacob ouer-toc; 1756
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