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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