And ðeden[191] faren to betel,
And he folgede iſ red on ſel;
Their unclean
goods they bore
not with them.
Agte unclene ne wulde he beren,
for he dredde hi_m_ it ſulde hi_m_ deren; 1868
Godes ðat rachel hadde ſtolen,
And ay til ðan wið hi_m_ for-holen,
Their idols and
gold rings they
buried under an
oak.
And oðre ydeles brogt fro ſichem,
Gol prenes and ringeſ wið hem, 1872
Diep he iſ dalf under an ooc,
Made him no_n_ giſcing i_n_ herte wooc.
[Fol. 37.]
Long they remained
buried,
until Solomon
found them and
decked his temple
with them.
Longe it weren ðor for-hid;
Men ſeið for-ði waſ ſo bi-tid, 1876
for ſalamon findin iſ ſal,
And hiſ temple ſriðen wið-al.
Iacob wente fro ðeden[192] i_n_ ſped,
God sent a fear
upon the folk
round about, so
they did no hurt
to the sons of
Jacob.
God ſente on ðat erdfolc ſwilc dred, 1880
ðan[193] here non iacob ſcaðe ne dede;
Q_u_ane he wente a-wei fro ðat ſtede,
Jacob makes an
altar at Bethel.
He made an alter at betel,
Alſ he god bi-het, ðor he geld wel. 1884
Benjamin is born.
Siðen ðo beniamin was boren,
Rachel dies.
Rachel adde ðe life for-loren;
Iacob dalf hire and merke dede,
ðat iſ get ſene on ðat ſtede. 1888
At Edar Reuben
"misdid" and
lay with his
father's concubine.
Ðor q_u_iles he wunede at tur ader,
Ruben miſdede wid[194] bala ðer.
Jacob arrives at
Hebron, and
finds his mother
gone from this
world.
Siðen cam iacob to ebron,
And fond his moder of werlde gon; 1892
Starf yſaac q_u_an he waſ hold
Isaac dies at the
age of nine score
years.
.ix. ſcore ger and fiue told,
And was doluen on ðat ſtede,
ðor man adam and eue dede. 1896
So riche were growen hiſe ſunen,
ðat he ne migte to-gider wunen;
Esau dwells in
Edom,
Oc eſau, ſeyr [and] edon
Lond ydumeam wunede on; 1900
[191] ðeðen?
[192] ðeðen?
[193] ðat?
[194] wið?