ealdan wīsan.
Mid þǣm þe hē wolde þǣt weorc be·ġinnan, þā clipode
Godes ęnġel arodlīce of heofonum: 'Abrahām!' Hē andwyrde
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sōna. Se ęnġel him cwæþ tō: 'Ne ā·cwęle þū
þæt ċild, ne þīne hand ne ā·stręċe ofer his swēoran! Nū ic
on·cnēow sōþlīce þæt pū on·drǣtst swīþe God, nū pū pīnne
ān-cęnnedan sunu woldest of·slēan for him.'
Þā be·seah Abrahām sōna under bæc, and ġe·seah þǣr
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