ðat ne ſulde him nogwer deren,
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Oc him and hiſe helpen and weren; | |
He gaf him a welle and a lond fre,
Abraham it clepede berſabe;
ðor ben he boðen feren pligt
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ðat here neiðer ſal don oðer un-rigt. | and gives him the well of Beersheba. |
Abraham gan ðor longe ben,
And tillede corn and ſette treen, | [Fol. 25b.] |
ðog [it] waſ nogt iſ kinde lond;
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Richere he it leet ðan he it fond.
Iff ioſephus ne legeð me,
ðor quiles he wunede in berſabe, | Abraham left the land much richer than he found it. |
ſo waſ yſaaceſ eld told
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xx. and fiwe winter old; | When Isaac was twenty-five years old, |
ðo herde abraham ſteuene fro gode,
Newe tiding, and ſelkuð bode:— | God’s word came to Abraham,— |
“Tac ðin ſune yſaac in hond,
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And far wið him to ſiðhingeſ lond, | “Take Isaac thy son, |
And ðor ðu ſalt him offren me
On an hil ðor ic ſal taunen ðe.”
fro berſabe iurneſ two
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Waſ ðat lond ðat he bed him two; | and offer him on a hill that I shall show thee.” |
And morie, men ſeið, waſ ðat hil,
ðat god him tawne[de] in his wil; | Moriah that hill was called. |
Men ſeið ðat dune-iſ ſiðen on
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Was mad temple ſalamon,
And ðe auter mad on ðat ſtede
ðor abraham he offrande dede. | Upon this hill was afterwards built Solomon’s temple. |
Abraham waſ buxum o rigt,
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Hiſe weie he tok ſone bi nigt;
ðe ðrid[d]e day he ſagt ðe ſtede
ðe god him witen in herte dede; | Abraham was obedient to God’s commands. |
ðan he cam dun to ðo duneſ fot,
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Non of hiſ men forðere ne mot,
But yſaac iſ dere childe, | [Fol. 26.]
He came to the hill and sent his servants away. |
| He bar ðe wude wið herte mild, | Isaac bare the wood, |