and bisy in wrechidnes: til that his worde. that is, vndoynge of dreme come til him.
18. Eloquium domini inflammauit eum: misit rex & soluit eum, princeps populorum, & dimisit eum. ¶ The worde of oure lord enflaummyd him: the kynge sent & he lesyd him, the prynce of folk, and he left him. ¶ That is, the halygast shewand pryuetes stird him to say the thynge that was atcum. and swa he was lesyd of pyne & laten out of prison.
19. Constituit eum dominum domus sue: & principem omnis possessionis sue. ¶ He sett him lord of his hous: and prince of all his possession. ¶ That is, kynge pharao sett ioseph swilk mayster, for the wisdome that he saghe was in him.
20. Vt erudiret principes eius sicut semetipsum: & senes eius prudenciam doceret. ¶ That he lerid his pryncys as him selfe: and his eldryn men teche quayntys. ¶ To gouern the land & beware with oncomys.
21. Et intrauit israel in egiptum: & iacob accola fuit in terra cham. ¶ And israel entird in til egipt; & iacob cumlynge was in land of cham. ¶ Cham is egipt. for cham was fadire of chanaan. of whaim men of egipt come. thus oft sithe halymen dwellis amange synful men for nede of bodily sustenaunce.
22. Et auxit populum suum vehementer: & firmauit eum super inimicos eius. ¶ And he ekid his folke gretly: and he festid thaim abouen thaire enmys. ¶ That was thorgh wondirs that god shewid in egipt for delyueraunce of his folke.
23. Conuertit cor eorum vt odirent populum eius: & dolum facerent in seruos eius. ¶ He turnyd the hert of thaim that thai hatid his folk: and that thai did treson in his seruauntis. ¶ God sendis na malice in any mannys hert. bot thaire hert was wickid in it selfe. forthi when god ekid his folk in noumbire and riches thai ware stird til enuy. and hatid thaim. and did treson forto less thaim in werke of mortere and sclate. & than god.
24. Misit moysen seruum suum: aaron quem elegit ipsum. ¶ He sent moyes his seruaunt: aaron him whaim he chese. ¶ What office was [S. U whas.] of thaim.
25. Posuit in eis verba signorum suorum: & prodigiorum in terra cham. ¶ He sett in thaim the wordis of his takyns: and of his wondirs in land of cham. ¶ That is, thorgh thaim he
