Jacob Marries Rachel
| Seue nigt ſiðen forð ben numen 1688 Or rachel beð to iacob cumen, And laban made a feſte oc | |
| Quanne iacob wid rachel toc; And for ghe ðanne cam him ner, 1692 ſeruede he him ſiðen ſeuene ger. | Jacob marries Rachel. |
| Rachel adde, after londes kire,179 maiden balaam to ſeruen hire. | [Fol. 33b.] |
| LIa moder of fowre was, 1696 Ruben, ſymeon, leui, iudas; | Leah was the mother of four sons. |
| for rachel non birðe ne nam, Sge bi-tagte iacob balaam; | Rachel was barren. |
| bala two childre bar bi him, 1700 Rachel cald es dan(.) neptalim; | Bilhah, her handmaid, bare Dan and Naphtali. |
| And zelfa two ſunes him ber, Lia calde iſ(.) Gad(.) and aſſer; | Zilpah bare Gad and Asher. |
| Lia ſiðen two ſunes bar, 1704 Zabulon(.) laſt(.) or yſakar; Lia bar laſt dowter dinam, Sichem, ſiðen, hire ille bi-nam. | Leah afterwards bare Zebulun, Issachar, and Dinah. |
| Last of rachel iosep was boren, 1708 Beſt of alle ðe oðere bi-foren. Longe haued nu iacob ben her, wið laban fulle.xiii. ger; | At last Joseph was born of Rachel. |
| Leue aſkede hem hom to faren, 1712 Wið wiues and childre ðeðen charen, | Jacob desires leave of Laban to depart. |
| But-if laban him ðelde bet Hiſe ſeruiſe, and wið-holde him get; ſerue he ſcriðed ðat.vij. ger, 1716 ðat he bi-leue and ſerue him her; | Laban would not let him depart. |
| Wel he ſeið him ðat he ſal hauen for hire, quat-ſo he wile crauen. | He promises him to give him for hire whatever he shall ask. |
| forward iſ mad of alle ſep, 1720 Of oneſ bles iacob nim kep, | [Fol. 34.] |
| And if of ðo ſpotted cumen, | Jacob is to have all the speckled |
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Notes
179 Glossed wune in a later hand.