So waſ he frig[t]ed ear in drem,
ðus meðelike ſpac ðiſ em:
He complains of
the wrong done
to him.
"Q_u_i wore ðu fro me for-holen,
And q_u_i aſ ðu min godes ſtolen? 1760
Min mog, min neue, and felage,
Me ne agtes ðu don ſwilc [vn-]lage."
"[I]c was for-dred ðe migte timen,
fro me ðine doutres bi-nimen, 1764
Jacob denies that
he has been
guilty of theft.
fro here childre ðhogt hem ſor,
mor for me bi-leuen ðor;
ſtalðe ic for-ſake, ðat iſ min red,
wið q_u_am ðu iſ findes, ðat he be dead." 1768
Laban searched
for his idols, but
found them not.
Of al ðat laban haued[185] iſ ſogt,
So woren it hid, ne fond he is nogt.
[Fol. 35.]
Then said Jacob,
"What is my sin
that thou ransackest
me as a
thief?"
Ðo [q]wað iacob, "yuel iſt bi-togen,
Min ſwinc a-buten ðin holðe drogen; 1772
ðu me ranſakes alſ an ðef,
And me was ðin wurðing lef."
Quoth Laban,
"Friends will we
be and plight
troth between
us."
ðo q_u_at laban, "frend ſule wit ben,
And trewðe pligt[186] nu unc bi-twen, 1776
And make we it her an hil of ſton,
Name of witneſſe be ðer-on;"
ðor-on he eten bliðe and glað,[187]
This covenant
was made at
Gilead.
ðat hil iſ hoten galaað; 1780
Laban hem bliſcede, & on nigt
Laban departed
before daylight.
wente a-gen-ward, or it waſ ligt;
And iacob waſ of weie rad,
Raðe he was fer fro laban ſad. 1784
As Jacob drew
near to Canaan,
he was met by
the angels of
God.
Alſ he cam ner cananeam,
Engel wirð a-gen him cam,
Als it were wopnede here,
Redi to ſilden him fro were; 1788
That place he
called Mahanaim.
ðat ſtede he calde manaim,
ðor ðis wird of engeles metten hi_m_.
ðor he bi-lef, and ſente ðeden[188]
Jacob sends messengers
to Esau.