“Heuene dew, and erðeſ fetthed,
1548
Of win and olie fulſum-hed,”
And bad him of hiſ kindes louerd ben,
In welðe and migt wurðinge ðen.
Wel bliðe and fagen was iacob ðo,
1552
for bliſced he wente hiſ fader fro. | The dew of heaven, the fatness of the earth, plenty of corn and wine, and the lordship over his brethren. |
Quan yſaac it under-nam
ðat eſau to late cam,
And ðat iſ broðer, af-ter boren,
1556
Waſ kumen and hadde iſ bliſcing bi-foren,
Wel ſelkuðlike he wurð for-dred; | When Isaac understood that Esau came too late he was seized with great fear. |
And in ðat dred hiſ ðogt waſ led
In to ligtneſſe for to ſen
1560
Quow god wulde it ſulde ben. | In his dread he saw how God would that it should so be. |
| ðo ſeide yſaac to eſau, | To Esau thus he spoke: |
| “ðin broðer iacob waſ her nu, | “Thy brother was here just now, and has taken thy blessing, and he shall be blessed.” |
And toc ðin bliſcing liðer-like,
1564
And he wurð bliſced witterlike.”
Quad eſau, “rigt iſ hiſ name
hoten iacob, to min un-frame; | [Fol. 31.] |
Or he min firme birðe toc,
1568
Nu haued he ſtolen min bliſcing oc;
ðog, fader dere, bidde ic ðe,
ðat ſum bliſcing gif ðu me.” | Esau intreats for one blessing. |
ðo gan eſau ðengen and ſen
1572
Quilc iſ bliſcing migte ben;
In heuene deu, and erðes ſmere,
Gatte him bliſcing ðat him waſ gere; | Isaac promises him that his dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth and of the dew of heaven. |
for ydumea, ðat fulſum lond,
1576
Of lewſe god, was in hiſe hond. | Idumea became Esau’s inheritance. |
Quad eſau, “grot ſal bi-cumen,
And wreche of iacob ſal binumen.”
Oc rebecca wiſte ðat ðhogt,
1580
ðat hate waſ in hiſe herte brogt, | Esau threatens Jacob. |
for-ði ghe iacob warnen gan,
And ſente him to hiſ broðer laban; | Rebekah warns Jacob of his brother’s intentions. |