And fechen wiues, and childre, and men,
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And gaf hem ðor al lond gerſen,
And het hem ðat he ſulden hauen
More and bet ðan he kude crauen. | wains and fetch their wives and children. |
Ioſep gaf ilc here twinne ſrud,
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Beniamin moſt he made prud; | Joseph gave them changes of raiment. |
fif weden beſt bar beniamin,
ðre hundred plates of ſiluer fin,
Al-ſo fele oðre ðor-til, | [Fol. 46b.] |
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He bad ben in is faderes wil,
And.x. aſſes wið ſemes feſt;
Of alle egiptes welðhe beſt
Gaf he iſ breðere, wið herte bliðe, | He bad them take presents for Jacob, |
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And bad hem rapen hem homward ſwiðe;
And he ſo deden wið herte fagen.
Toward here fader he gunen dragen, | and hasten homeward. |
And quane he comen him bi-foren,
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Ne wiſte he nogt quat he woren. | When they came home, Jacob scarcely recognized them. |
“Louerd,” he ſeiden, “iſrael,
Ioſep ðin ſune greteð ðe wel,
And ſendeð ðe bode ðat he liueð,
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Al egipte in hiſ wil cliueð.” | “Lord Israel,” they said, “Joseph liveth and greeteth thee well.” |
Iacob a-braid, and trewed it nogt,
Til he ſag al ðat welðe brogt.
“Wel me,” quað he, “wel iſ me wel,
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ðat ic aue abiden ðuſ ſwil[c] ſel! | Jacob believed not till he saw the presents. |
And ic ſal to min ſune fare
And ſen, or ic of werlde chare.” | Then he said, “I shall go to my son ere I turn from the world.” |
[I]Acob wente ut of lond chanaan,
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And of iſ kinde wel manie a man;
Ioſep wel faire him vnder-ſtod,
And pharaon ðogte it ful good; | Jacob and his family left Canaan. |
| for ðat he weren hirde-men, | [Fol. 47.] |
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He bad hem ben in lond gerſen.
Iacob waſ brogt bi-foren ðe king
for to geuen him hiſ bliſcing. | Pharaoh gives them the land of Goshen to live in. Jacob is brought before Pharaoh, |
MS. be.