Jacob Is Sent to Padan-Aram
| “be ðu ðer,” quat ghe, “til eſau 1584 Eðe moðed [be], ðe wreðed nu, And ðu ſalt ðe betre ſped, | |
| If it beð bi ðin faderes red.” Quad rebecca to hire were, 1588 “Eſau wifuede uſ to dere | Rebekah complains to Isaac of Esau’s marriage and connection with the Canaanites. |
| Quan he iuſted & beð ſo mat, Toc of kin ðe canaan bi-gat, For-ði he maked him ſtið & ſtrong, 1592 For he beð mengt ðat kin among; If iacob toke her alſo a wif, Ne bode ic no lengere werldeſ lif. | [Fol. 31b.] |
| Yſaac bad iacob him garen, | Isaac blesses Jacob, |
| 1596 And forð ſwiðe to laban faren; Iacob liſtenede ðo frendes red, Fro berſabe he ferde wið ſped; | and sends him to Padan-aram. |
| Long weie he gan to-ward aram, 1600 bi cananeam forð he nam, | Jacob went a long way about, |
| And wulde nogt ðat folc bi-twen Herberged in here huſes ben. | in order to avoid the houses of the Canaanites. |
| He lay bi luzan ut on nigt, 1604 A ſton under hiſe heued rigt, | At Luz he tarried all night. |
| And ſlep and ſag, an ſoðe drem, fro ðe erðe up til heuene bem, A leddre ſtonden, and ðor-on | In a dream he saw a ladder reaching from earth to heaven, |
| 1608 Angeles dun-cumen and up-gon, And ðe louerd ðor uppe a-buuen Lened174 ðor-on; and [Jacob] wurð ut-ſuuen, | angels ascending and descending, and the Lord stood above it. |
| Herde ðat he quad, “god ic am 1612 ðe luued yſaac and abraham; | “I am,” He said, “the God of Abraham and of Isaac; |
| And ðis lond ic ſal giuen ðin ſed, And in ðis weige don ðe red; | this land will I give thee, and in thy seed shall all mankind be blessed.” |
| And i ſal bringen ðe a-gen, 1616 And of ðin kinde bliſced ðu ſalt ben.” | [Fol. 32.] |
Notes
174 read leued = remained?