If eſau wulde him ogt deren,
Word came to
him that Esau
was on his way
to meet him.
ðog wiſte wel god ſulde hi_m_ weren;
ðor him cam bode him for to ſen,
ðat eſau him cam a-gen; 1796
[Fol. 35b.]
Jacob sends a
rich present to
Esau.
And iacob ſente fer bi-foren
hi_m_ riche loac, and ſundri boren,
And iordan he dede ouer waden,
Orf & men, wið welðe laden; 1800
And he bi-lef ðor on ðe nigt
to bidden helpe of godeſ migt.
He wrestled with
an angel,
And ðor wreſtelede an engel wið,
Senwe ſpru_n_gen fro ðe lið; 1804
and the sinew
shrank from the
thigh.
(wulde he non ſenwe ſiðen eten,
Self his kinde nile ðat wune forgeten.)
Jacob would not
let the angel go,
Get held he wið ðis angel faſt,
Til ðe daning up eſten it braſt; 1808
ðo ſeide ðe engel, "let me get ben,
ðe daining her nu men mai sen."
until he had
blessed him.
Q_u_ad iacob, "ðe ne leate ic nogt,
Til ðin bliſcing on me beð wrogt." 1812
Jacob prevailed,
and his name was
called Israel.
Ðo q_u_ad ðe angel, "ſal tu nu_m_mor
ben cald iacob, ſo ðu wore or,
Oc ðu ſal ben hoten iſr_ae_l,
for ðu ðe weries ſwiðe wel; 1816
Q_u_an ðe ðe migt wið angel weren,
Hu ſal ani man ðe mugen deren?
Ear iacob and nu iſrael."
This place was
called Penuel.
ðat ſte[de] was cald phanuel, 1820
for he nam ou_er_ phanuel;
And it wurð ligt and he ſag wel
[Fol. 36.]
The meeting of
Jacob and Esau.
Q_u_or eſau a-gen him cam,
And bi-foren a-gen him na_m_; 1824
And ſeue ſiðes he fell hi_m_ bi-foren,
And wurðe him ſo firmeſt boren;
The brothers become
reconciled
to each other.
And eſau ðo ran him to,
And kiſſede, and wept, ðo rew hi_m_ ſo. 1828