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God ſeide wurd to abram:— | |
“Abram, ðu fare ut of lond and kin
To a lond ic ðe ſal bringen hin.”
Sex ger and fiftene mo,
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Adde Abram on iſ elde ðo. | God then commanded Abram to leave Haran. |
Abram tok loth wið ſarray,
Hiſe agte, and erue he ledde him bi,
For in to lond cananeam, | He departed, taking with him Lot and Sarai. |
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And in-to ſichem, a burgt, he nam,
And ðeðen he nam to mirie dale;
fif burgeſ were ðor-inne bi tale, | First he came to Sichem, |
ðer-fore it higte pentapolis,
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Of weledeſ fulſum and of bliſ,
Nov iſt a water of loðlic ble, | and afterwards to Pentapolis (the five cities of the plain), |
Men callið it ðe dede ſe;
Ilc ðing deieð ðor-inne iſ driuen;
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Ne may no fiſ ðor-inne liuen; | where now stands the Dead Sea. |
for mannes ſinne ðus it iſ went,
brent wið brimfir, ſunken and ſhent.
God quad to abram, “al ðiſ lond
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ſal cumen in to iſ kinneſ hond.” | The cities were destroyed for man’s sin. |
ðor god him taunede, made habram
An alter, and fro ðeðen he nam. | [Fol. 15b.] |
An oðer alter abram ſeli
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Made bi-twen betel and ai. | Abram raised an altar between Bethel and Ai. |
At damaſke iſ ðe ðridde ſtede,
Quer abram iſ bigging dede,
And ðeden for he, for hunger bond, | Damascus was the third place where Abram dwelt. |
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feger ut in to egipte lond;
ðor he ſeide ðat ſarrai | Famine drove him to Egypt. |
waſ hiſ ſiſter, al for-ði
for he dredde him to leten iſ lif
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If he wiſten ghe wore iſ wif; | To save his life he said that Sarai was his sister. |
for ghe waſ fai[ge]r witter-like,
And ðat folc luuede lecherlike.
Quan abram was to egipte cumen, | Sarai was fair and Egypt’s folk were lecherous. |