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CAP. XXV.

[verse 1] Abraham forsothe toke another wijf, [verse 2] Cethura by name, the which bare to hym Zamram, and Jexam, and Madan, and Madian, and Jesboth, and Sue. [verse 3] And Jexam gat Saba, and Dadan. The sones of Dadan weren Assurym, and Latusim, Laomym. [verse 4] And forsothe of Madian was sprongun Epha, and Epher, and Enoch, and Abida, and Eldaa; alle thes the sonys of Cethure. [verse 5] And Abraham ȝaue alle that [verse 6] he had to Ysaac; to the sonys forsothe of the secoundarye wyues he ȝaue ȝiftis; and he seueryde hem fro Ysaac, his sone, ȝit while he lyuede, to the est plage. [verse 7] And the dayes of the lijf of Abraham weren an hundryd and seuenti and fyue ȝeir; [verse 8] and failynge he was deed in [and in D.] a good elde, and of greet age, and ful of dayes, and [verse 9] he was gaderyd to his puple. And Ysaac and Ysmael, his sonys, biryeden hym in the dowble spelunk, the which is set in the feeld of Ephron, sone of Seor Ethei, [verse 10] forn aȝens Mambre, that [the H.] he bouȝte of the sones of Heth; there he was byried and Sara his wijf. [verse 11] And after the obite of hym God blisside to Ysaac, his sone, which dwellid bisidis the pit of hym liuynge and seiynge bi name. [verse 12] Thes ben the generaciouns of Ysmael, the sone of Abrahe, whom bare to hym Agar the [verse 13] Egipcian, the seruaunt of Sare; and thes the names of the sones of hym, in names and in his generaciouns. The first gotun of Ysmael, Nabaioth, thanne after Sedar, [verse 14] and Abdaeel, and Mabsan, and Masma, [verse 15] and Duma, and Massa, and Adad, and Thema, and Ychur, and Naphir, and Cedma. [verse 16] Thes ben the sones of Ysmael, and thes the names, bi castelis and towns of hem, the twelue princis of his lynages. [verse 17] And the ȝeers of the lijf of Ysmael ben maad an hundrid and seuene and thritti, and faylynge died, and was put to his puple. [verse 18] He dwellid forsothe fro Euila to

Sur, which biholdith Egipt hem [the A. Om. E pr. m.] comyng ynne to the Assyryes; bifore [to forn BDEFH.] alle his britheren [brether BE.] he died. [verse 19] And thes ben the ge|neraciouns of Ysaac, the sone of Abraham. [verse 20] Abraham gat Ysaac, the which, whan he was of fourti ȝeer, took a wijf, Rebecca, the dowȝter of Batuel, of Syre of Meso|potany, the sister of Laban. [verse 21] And Ysaac preyede the Lord for his wijf, ther thurȝ that she was bareyn; the which herde hym, and ȝaue conceyuyng to Rebecca. [verse 22] But the litil children in the womb of hir weren hurtlid to gidere; the which seide, If thus it was to com to me, what nede was to conseyue? And she ȝede to [for to BDEFH.] coun|seil [verse 23] the Lord, the which answerynge, seith, Two folk ben in thi wombe, and two puplis of thi wombe shulen be dy|uydid, and a puple a puple shal ouer|com, and the moor shal serue to the lesse. [verse 24] Now tyme of beryng was comen, and loo! twynlingis in the wombe of hir weren foundun. [verse 25] He that first was goon out was brown, and al in maner of a skyn rowȝ; and the name of hym was clepid Esau. [verse 26] Anoon [And anoon A pr. m.] aftir the tother goynge out, helde with his hoond the for|ther parti of his brother foot; and ther|for she clepide him Jacob. Sixti ȝere was Ysaac whanne the children weren born. [verse 27] The whiche wexen, Esau was maad a sleiȝ man of huntyng, and a man erthe tilier; Jacob forsothe a symple man dwelte in tabernaclis. [verse 28] Isaac louede Esau, there thurȝ that he ete of the huntingis of him; and Rebecca louede Jacob. [verse 29] Jacob forsothe hadde sothun potage; to whom whan Esau was comen wery fro the felde, [verse 30] seith, Ȝif to [Om. BDE sec. m. FH.] me of this brown sething, for Y am ful wery; for the which cause the name of hym was clepyd Edom. [verse 31] To whom seide Jacob, Sel me the ryȝtis of thi fyrst getyng. [verse 32] He answeride, Loo! I dye, what shal profyt to me the riȝtis

of my first getyng? [verse 33] Jacob seide, Thanne sweer to me. Thanne Esau swoor, and soold the riȝtis of his first getyng. [verse 34] And so breed takun and the sowil of potage, ete, and dronk, and ȝede forth, settynge at nouȝt that he hadde soold the riȝtis of his firste getyng.