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CAP. XII.

[verse 1] The Lord forsothe seide to Abram, Go out fro thi lond, and fro thi kynreden, and fro the hows of thi fadir, and com in [verse 2] to the lond that I shal shew to thee; and I shal make thee in to a greet folk of kynde, and I shal blis to thee, and I shal magnyfie thi name, and thow shalt be [verse 3] blissid; and [Om. BDEFH.] I shal blis to thoo [thilk BDEFH.] that blissen thee, and I shal curse to thoo [thilk BDEFH.] that cursen thee; and in thee shal be blissyd alle cosynages of the erthe. [verse 4] And so Abraam ȝede out, as the Lord co|maundide to [Om. BDEFH.] hym, and Loth ȝede with hym. Of seuenti and fyue ȝeers was Abram whan he shulde go fro Aran. [verse 5] And he toke Saray, his wijf, and Loth, the sone of his brother, and al the sub|staunce

that thei hadden, and the lyues that thei maden in Aran; and thei ȝeden out that thei myȝten gon in to the lond of Chanaan. And whan thei weren comen [verse 6] into it, Abram passide thurȝ the lond vnto the place of Sichim, and vnto the noble valeye. Chananeus forsothe [Om. E pr. m.] was thanne in the lond. [verse 7] The Lord forsothe apperyde to Abram, and seide to hym, I shal ȝyue to thi seed this lond. The which bildide [made D.] there an auter to the Lord, the which had apperyd to hym, and he inwardly callide [cleped BDEFH.] there the name of him. [verse 8] And fro thens ouerpassynge to the mownt that was aȝens the est of Betel, and [Om. BDH. and he EF.] strauȝte there his tabernacle, hauynge Betel fro the west, and fro the est Hay. And he edefiede there an auter to the Lord, and inwardli [he inwardly BDEFH.] clepide the name of hym. [verse 9] And Abram ȝede goynge, and [in A.] ferthermore passynge to the west. [verse 10] Forsothe hungur was maad in the lond; and Abram de|scendide into Egipt, that he myȝte pil|grimage there; forsothe hungir wex greet in the lond. [verse 11] And whan he was nyȝe that he shulde go into Egipt, he seide to Sa|ray, his wiif, I knew that a fayr wo|man [verse 12] thow art, and that whan Egipciens shulen se thee, thei ben to seyn, the wijf of hym she is, and thei shal slee me, and thee thei shal reserue [reseyue A.] . [verse 13] Seie thanne, I preye thee, that thow art my sistre, that it be to me wel for thee, and my sowle lyue for the grace of thee. [verse 14] And so whan Abram was gon into Egipt, Egipciens sawen the woman that she was [verse 15] ful fayre; and the princis tolden to Pha|rao, and preyseden hir anentys hym; and the woman was takun into the hows of Pharao. [verse 16] Abram forsothe thei wel vseden for hir; and there weren to hym sheep, and oxen, and he assis, and seruauntis, and meynes, and she assis, and camelis. [verse 17] The Lord forsothe scourgide Pharao with moost plagis [wondis D.] and the hows of hym, for Saray, Abrams [Abram BDEF.] wijf. [verse 18] And Pharao clepide

Abram, and seide to [vnto E pr. m.] hym, What for|sothe is this that to me thow hast don? why shewide [schewdist BDEFH.] thow not to me that she was thi wijf? [verse 19] for what cause seidist thow hir to be thi sister, that to me I shulde take hir into a wijf? [verse 20] Now thanne se! thi wijf, and take hir and go. And Pharao comaundide vpon Abram two men, and thei conueyden hym, and the wijf of him, and al that he had.