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CAP. XI.

[verse 1] Forsothe the erthe was of oo lip, and of the same wordis. [verse 2] And whan men shulden go fro the est, thei founden a feeld in the lond of Sennaer, and thei dwelleden in it. [verse 3] And the tother seide to his neiȝbore, Cometh, and make we tile stoons, and sethe we hem with fier; and thei hadden tiles for stoons, and towȝ cley for syment. [verse 4] And thei seiden, Cometh, and make [maketh D.] we to vs a citee and a towr, whos heiȝt fulli ateyne vnto heuene; and halow we oure name, or we ben dyuydid

into alle londis. [verse 5] The Lord forsothe de|scendide, that he myȝte se the citee and the towre, the which the children of Adam [verse 6] bildeden; and seide, Se! the puple is oon, and oo lippe is to alle, and this thei han bigunnen to make, ne thei wolen leeue of fro her thenkyngis, to the tyme that thei [verse 7] han fulfillid hem in dede; thanne come ȝe, descende we, and confounde we there the tung of hem, that noon here the vois of his neiȝbore. [verse 8] And so the Lord de|uydide hem fro that place into alle londis; and thei sesyden to bilde [edifien D.] the citee. [verse 9] And therfor was callid [clepide BDEFH.] the name of it Babel, for there was confoundid the lippe of al the [Om. BDEFH.] erthe; and fro thens the Lord dis|parpoilide hem vpon the face of alle re|giouns. [verse 10] Thes ben the generaciouns of Sem. Sem was of an hundrid ȝeeris whanne he gat Arfaxad, two ȝeer aftre the flood. [verse 11] And Sem lyuede aftir that he gat Arfaxad fyue hundrid wynter, and gat sonys and dowȝtres. [verse 12] Forsothe Ar|faxad lyuede fyue and thretty wynter, [verse 13] and gat Sale; and Arfaxad lyuede aftir that he gat Sale, thre hundrid and thre ȝeer, and gat sonys and dowȝtres. [verse 14] And Sale lyuede thretti ȝeer, and gat Heber; [verse 15] and Sale lyuede after that he gat Heber, fowre hundrid wynter and thre, and gat sonys and dowȝtris. [verse 16] Heber forsothe lyuede fowre and thretti wynter, and gat Pha|leth; [verse 17] and Heber lyuede after that he gat Phaleth fowre hundrid and thritti wyn|ter, and gat sonys and dowȝtres. [verse 18] Phaleth forsothe lyuede thritti wynter [ȝere BDEFH.] , and gat [verse 19] Reu; and Phaleth lyuede aftir that he had getun Reu two hundrid and nyne ȝeer, and gat sonys and dowȝtris. [verse 20] Reu forsothe lyuede two and thretti ȝeer, and [verse 21] gat Saruch; Reu forsothe lyuede aftir that he gat Saruch, two hundrid and se|uene ȝeer, and gat sonys and dowȝtres. [verse 22] Saruch forsothe lyued thretti [after thretti A.] ȝeer, and [verse 23] gat Nachor; and Saruch lyuede aftir that he gat Nachor, two hundrid ȝeer, and gat sonys and dowȝtres. [verse 24] Nochor forsothe

lyuede nyne and twenti ȝeer, and gat [verse 25] Thare; and Nachor lyued after that he gat Thare an hundrid `and nyne ten [tenne and nyne BDEFH.] ȝeer, and gat sonys and dowȝtres. [verse 26] And Thare lyued seuenti ȝeer, and gat Abram, and Nachor, and Aran. [verse 27] Thes ben for|sothe the generaciouns of Thare. Thare gat Abram, Nachor, and Aran. Aran [verse 28] forsothe gat Loth; and Aran was deed bifore Thare, his fadre, in the lond of his birthe, in Vr of Caldeis. [verse 29] Abram for|sothe and Nachor token hem wyues; the name of the wijf of Abram, Sarai, and the name of the wijf of Nachor, Melcha, the douȝter of Aron, fadir [the fader E pr. m.] of Melche and [Om. E pr. m.] fadir of Jesse. [verse 30] Saray forsothe was bareyn, and had no fre children. [verse 31] And also Thare toke Abram, his sone, and Loth, the sone of Aran, the sone of hys sone, and Saray, his sonys [sone BE pr. m.] wijf, the wijf of Abraam, his sone, and he ledde hem out fro Vr of Caldeis, that thei myȝten go into the lond of Chanaan; and thei comen vnto Aran, and dwelliden there. [verse 32] And the daies of Thare ben maad of two hundrid and fyue ȝeer, and deed he is in Aran.