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CAP. XXV.

[verse 1] Forsothe Abraham weddide another wijf, [verse 2] Ceture bi name, which [the which I.] childide to him Samram, and Jexan, and [Om. E.] Madan, and Ma|dian, and Jesboth, and Sue. [verse 3] Also Jexan gendride [gaat I.] Saba and Dadan. Forsothe the sones of Dadan weren Asurym, and Lathu|sym, and Laomym. [verse 4] And sotheli of Ma|dian was borun Efa, and Ofer, and Enoth, and Abida, and Heldaa; alle these weren the sones of Cethure. [verse 5] And Abraham ȝaf alle thingis whiche he hadde in possessioun [verse 6] to Isaac; sotheli he ȝaf ȝiftis to the sones of concubyns [his secoundary wyues S. concubyns ether secoundarie wyues BCGIQ. conc. that is, sec. w. N.] ; and Abraham, while he lyuede ȝit, departide hem fro Ysaac, his sone, to the eest coost. [verse 7] Forsothe the daies of lijf [the lijf S.] of Abraham weren an hundrid and [verse 8] fyue and seuenti [threscore and XV. DI.] ȝeer; and he failide, and diede in good eelde, and of greet age, and ful of daies, and he was gaderid to his puple. [verse 9] And Ysaac and Ismael, his sones, birieden him in the double denne, which is set [maad S.] in the feeld of Efron, sone of Seor Ethei, euene aȝens [anentis S.] Mambre, which denne [verse 10] he bouȝte of the sones of Heth; and he was biried there, and Sare his wijf. [verse 11] And aftir the deeth of Abraham God blesside Isaac his sone, which dwellide bisidis the pit bi name of hym that lyueth and seeth. [verse 12] These ben the generaciouns of Ismael, sone [the sone ES.] of Abraham, whom Agar Egipcian, ser|uauntesse [hande maide S.] of Sare, childide to Abraham; [verse 13] and these ben the names of the sones of Ismael, in her names and generaciouns. The firste gendride [bigotun I.] of Ismael was Na|baioth, aftirward Cedar, and Abdeel, and [verse 14] Mabsan, and Masma, and Duma, and [verse 15] Massa, and Adad, and Thema, and [Om. I.] Ithur, and Nafir, and Cedma. [verse 16] These weren the sones of Ismael, and these weren names [the names S.] by castels and townes of hem, twelue [and twelue S.] princes of her lynagis. [verse 17] And the [Om. S.] ȝeeris of lijf [the lif S.] of Ismael weren maad an hundrid and seuene and thretti, and he failide, and diede, and was put to his puple. [verse 18] For|sothe

he enhabitide fro Euila til to Sur, that biholdith Egipt, as me [men DE.] entrith in to Assiriens; he diede bifore alle his britheren. [verse 19] Also these ben the generaciouns of Ysaac sone [the sone IS.] of Abraham. Abraham gendride [bigaat I.] [verse 20] Isaac, and whanne Isaac was of fourti ȝeer, he weddide a wijf, Rebecca, douȝter [the douȝtir IS.] of Ba|tuel, of Sirie of Mesopotanye, the sistir of Laban. [verse 21] And Isaac bisouȝte the Lord for his wijf, for sche was bareyn; and the Lord herde him, and ȝaf conseiuyng to Rebecca. [verse 22] But the litle children weren hurtlid togidre in hir wombe; and sche seide, If it was so to comynge to me, what nede was it to conseyue? And sche ȝede [verse 23] `and axide [to axe plures.] counsel of the Lord, which [the which I.] an|swerde, and seide, Twei folkis ben in thi wombe, and twei puplis schulen be de|partid fro thi wombe, and a [oo S.] puple schal ouercome [ouerturne S sec. m.] a puple, and the more schal serue the lesse. [verse 24] Thanne the tyme of child|beryng [childinge S.] cam, and lo! twei children weren foundun in hir wombe. [verse 25] He that ȝede out first was reed, and al rouȝ in the [Om. C.] manere of a [Om. N.] skyn [swin L.] ; and his name was clepid Esau. [verse 26] Anoon the tothir [oothir I.] ȝede out, and helde with the [his S.] hond the heele of the [his S.] brother; and therfore [herfore I.] he clepide him [his name GQ.] Jacob. Isaac was sixti ȝeer eeld, whanne the litle children weren borun. [verse 27] And whanne thei weren woxun, Esau was maad a man kunnynge of huntyng, and a man erthe tilier; for|sothe [sothly S.] Jacob was a symple man [symple man, that is, without gile BCEGKLNOPQd. s. m. that is, a man withouten gile. S.] , and dwellide [he duelte S.] in tabernaclis. [verse 28] Isaac louyde E|sau, for he eet of the [Om. N.] huntyng [huntingis BCIN.] of Esau; and Rebecca louyde Jacob. [verse 29] Sotheli Jacob sethide [seide E.] potage; and whanne Esau cam [verse 30] weri fro the feld, he seide to Jacob, Ȝyue thou to me of this reed sething, for Y am ful weri; for which cause his [Esau S.] name was clepid Edom. [verse 31] And Jacob seide to him, Sille to me the riȝt of the first gendrid [bigotun I.] childe. [verse 32] He [Esau S.] answerde, Lo! Y die, what schulen the firste gendrid [gotun I.] thingis profite [an erthe tilier DRSTW. erthe tilier KMd.]

to me? [verse 33] Jacob seide, therfor swere thou to me. Therfor Esau swoor, and selde the firste gendrid thingis. [verse 34] And so whanne he hadde take breed and potage, Esau [he S.] eet and drank, and ȝede forth, and chargide litil that he hadde seld the riȝt of the firste gendrid [gotun I.] child.