“fader derer,” quað pharaon,
2400
“hu fele ger be ðe on?” | |
“An hundred ger and.xxx. mo
Haue ic her drogen in werlde wo,
ðog ðinkeð me ðor-offen fo, | and tells him of his age, |
2404
ðog ic iſ haue drogen in wo,
ſiðen ic gan on werlde ben,
Her vten erd, man-kin bi-twen;
So ðinked euerilc wiſ man, | of his many sorrows, |
2408
ðe wot quor-of man-kin bi-gan,
And ðe of adames gilte muneð,
ðat he her uten herdes wuneð.” | and how all suffer for the sin of Adam. |
Pharaon bad him wurðen wel
2412
in ſofte reſte and ſeli mel;
He and hiſe ſunes in reſte dede
In lond gerſen, on ſundri ſtede;
Siðen ðor waſ mad on ſcité,
2416
ðe waſ y-oten Rameſé. | Pharaoh bad him rest in peace. |
Iacob on liue wunede ðor
In reſte fulle.xiiij. ger; | Jacob lived one hundred and forty-four years. |
And god him let bi-foren ſen
2420
Quilc time hiſe ending ſulde ben; | God showed him the time of his death. |
He bad ioſep hiſe leue ſune,
On ðhing ðat offe wel mune,
ðat quan it wurð mid him don, | [Fol. 47b.]
Jacob bad Joseph promise |
2424
He ſulde him birien in ebron;
And witterlike he it aueð him ſeid, | to bury him in Hebron, |
ðe ſtede ðor abraham was leid;
So was him lif to wurðen leid,
2428
Quuor ali gast ſtille hadde ſeid | where Abraham was laid, |
Him and hiſe eldere(.) fer ear bi-foren,
Quuor ieſu criſt wulde ben boren,
And quuor ben dead, and quuor ben grauen;
2432
He ðogt wið hem reſte to hauen. | and his elders before him. |
Ioſep ſwor him al-ſo he bad,
And he ðor-of wurð bliðe & glad. | Joseph swore to do as his father wished. |