700
Cristes helpe be us amonge! | |
Noe, ſem, arfaxath, ſale,
Heber, phaleth, ðe ſexte iſ he,
Reu, ſaruch, nacor, thare,
704
ðiſ iſ ðe tende fro noe. | The family of Shem. |
Ðis oðer werldes elde iſ ſo,
A ðhuſent ger ſeuenti and two. | [Fol. 14b.] |
ðe ðridde werldeſ elde cam,
708
Quanne thare bi-gat abram;
for he bi-gat a ſune aram,
Nachor midleſt, laſt abram; | The third age of the world began when Terah begat Abram. |
Aram bi-gat loth, and ſarray,
712
And melcham, and waſ ſort leui | Haran begat Lot and Sarai and Milcah. |
In lond caldea, hur hicte ðe tun,
Quor deades ſtrenge warp him dun; | They dwelt in Ur of the Chaldees. |
ðor fader, and breðere, and childre, and wif,
716
Him bi-ſtoden wið ſorwes ſtrif;
ðo ðogte thare on hiſ mod, | Much strife was there between father and brother, children and wife. |
long bigging iſ here nogt god.
Nachor he gaf wif melcam,
720
And trewe ſarray abram. | Terah did not care to remain long in this town. |
Quanne abram wurð wiſ and war
ðat ſarray non childre ne bar,
He toc him loth on ſunes ſtede;
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He waſ hiſe neve, wol wel he dede. | Abram having no children adopted Lot as his son. |
Thare let hur, and ðeðen he nam,
And wulde to lond canahan,
Cam into a burgt ðat het aram,
728
In londe meſopothaniam. | Terah left Ur and came to Haran in Mesopotamia. |
Wið him ledde he nachor, melcam,
Sarray, loth, and abram. | With him he took his sons and daughters. |
| Tho hundred ger and fifue mo, | [Fol. 15.] |
732
Thare waſ old, ſtarf he ðo.
Tereſ gliden for herteſ ſor
fro loth, and abram, and nachor; | Terah died when he was two hundred and five years old. |
| Thare lið biried in aram. | He lies buried in Haran. |