"fader derer," q_u_að pharaon,
"hu fele ger be ðe on?" 2400
and tells him of
his age,
"An hundred ger and .xxx. mo
Haue ic her drogen i_n_ werlde wo,
ðog ðinkeð me ðor-offen fo,
of his many sorrows,
ðog ic iſ haue drogen i_n_ wo, 2404
ſiðen ic gan on werlde ben,
Her vten erd, man-kin bi-twen;
So ðinked[226] eu_er_ilc wiſ man,
and how all suffer
for the sin of
Adam.
ðe wot q_u_or-of man-kin bi-gan, 2408
And ðe of adames gilte muneð,
ðat he her uten herdes wuneð."
Pharaoh bad him
rest in peace.
Pharaon bad him wurðen wel
in ſofte reſte and ſeli mel; 2412
He and hiſe ſunes in reſte dede
In lond gerſen, on ſundri ſtede;
Siðen ðor waſ mad on ſcité,
ðe waſ y-oten Rameſé. 2416
Jacob lived one
hundred and
forty-four years.
Iacob on liue wunede ðor
In reſte fulle .xiiij. ger;
God showed him
the time of his
death.
And god him let bi-foren ſen
Q_u_ilc time hiſe ending ſulde ben; 2420
[Fol. 47b.]
Jacob bad Joseph
promise
He bad ioſep hiſe leue ſune,
On ðhing ðat[227] offe wel mune,
ðat q_u_an it wurð mid him don,
to bury him in
Hebron,
He ſulde him birien in ebron; 2424
And witterlike he it aueð hi_m_ ſeid,
where Abraham
was laid,
ðe ſtede ðor abraham was leid;
So was him lif[228] to wurðen leid,
Q_u_uor ali gast ſtille hadde ſeid 2428
and his elders before
him.
Him and hiſe eldere(.) fer ear bi-foren,
Q_u_uor ieſu criſt wulde ben boren,
And q_u_uor ben dead, and q_u_uor ben grauen;
He ðogt wið hem reſte to hauen. 2432
Joseph swore to
do as his father
wished.
Ioſep ſwor him al-ſo he bad,
And he ðor-of wurð bliðe & glad.
[226] ðinkeð?
[227] ðar?
[228] lef?