[Fol. 37b.]
Of edon ſo it higte ða,
which was before
called Bozra.
for it was hoten ear bozra.
Hear haued[195] moyſes ou_er_-gon,
ðor-fore he wended eft a-gon. 1904
xii. ger or yſaac waſ dead
Jacob's sons did
wickedly.
Iacobes ſunes deden un-red;
Joseph was sixteen
when sold
into Egypt.
FOr ſextene ger ioſeph was old,
Q_u_ane he was in-to egipte ſold; 1908
He was iacobes gunkeſte ſune,
Joseph informed
his father of his
brethren's misdeeds.
Bricteſt of waſpene,[196] and of witt_er_ wune,
If he ſag hiſe breðere miſ-faren,
Hiſ fader he it gan vn-hillen & baren; 1912
He wulde ðat he ſulde hem ten
ðat he wel-ðewed ſulde ben;
His brethren envied
him on account
of his
dreams.
for-ði wexem[197] wið gret nið
And hate, for it in ille [herte] lið. 1916
ðo wex her hertes niðful & bold
Q_u_anne he hem adde iſ dremeſ told,
ðat hiſ handful ſtod rigt up ſoren,
The vision of the
sun, moon, and
eleven stars.
And here it leigen alle he_m_ bi-foren; 1920
And ſunne, & mone, & ſterres .xi^e.[198]
wurðeden hi_m_ wið frigti luue;
ðo ſeide hiſ fader, "hu mai ðis ſen
ðat ðu ſalt ðuſ wurðed ben, 1924
Jacob reproached
his son, yet he
believed it should
be so.
ðat ðine breðere, and ic, and ſhe
ðat ðe bar, ſulen luten ðe?"
[Fol. 38.]
ðuſ he chidden hem bi-twen,
ðoge ðhogte iacob ſiðe it ſulde ben. 1928
The sons of
Jacob kept flocks
at Shechem.
Hiſe breðere kepten at ſichem
Hirdneſſe, & iacob to ſen hem
Joseph was sent
to see how they
fared.
ſente ioſeph to dalen ebron;
And he was redi his wil to don. 1932
In ſichem feld ne fonde he_m_ nogt,
His brethren
knew him from
afar,
In dotayin he fond he_m_ ſogt;
He knewen hi_m_ fro feren kumen,
[195] haueð?
[196] wasteme?
[197] So in MS.
[198] For endluue?