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ABRAM COMPLAINS FOR WANT OF AN HEIR.
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912
wolde he nogt him hiſ ſwinc for-geten, | |
| oc abram dede ðor meðelike wel, wid-held he ðor-of neu[er]e on del, oc al ðat euere fel him to, | [Fol. 18b.] The patriarch would accept of nothing. |
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916
Sac-les he let hin welden it ſo. Ebruiſ ſeigen, wune hem wex her To algen ilk fiftene ger, for loth waſ fifti winter hold, 920 Quan abram him bi-told. | Then first began the custom of keeping the 15th year holy. |
| Abel primiceſ firſt
bi-gan, | Abel first began first-fruit. |
| And decimas first abram; Nu iſt ſo boden and ſo bitagt, 924 Quo-ſo hiſ alt him bi agt. | Abram tithes. |
| After ðiſ ſpac god to abram:— "ðin berg and tin werger ic ham. ðin ſwinc ðe ſal ben gulden wel, 928 wid[[134]] michel welðe in good[e] ſel." | After this God spake to Abram, saying, "I am thy safety and thy defence, thy toil shall be requited." |
| Quad he, "quat ſal me welðes ware, Quane ic child-leſ of werlde fare; Damak eliezereſ ſune, 932 In al min welðe ſal he wunen?" | Quoth Abram, "What avails wealth, seeing that I am childless, and that Eliezer's son shall inherit my wealth?" |
| Quat god, "ſo ſal it nogt ben, Of ðe ſelf ſal ðin erward ten." Abram leuede ðiſ hot in ſped, 936 dat[[135]] waſ him [told] to rigt-wiſhed. | God said, "Of thyself shall thine heir come." |
| ðre der he toc, ilc ðre ger hold, And ſacrede god on an wold; | Abram took three deer each three years old and offered them as a sacrifice. |
| of godeſ bode he nam god kep, | [Fol. 19.] |
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940
A net, and a got, and a ſep; Euerilc of ðeſe he delte on two, And let hem lin on ſunder ſo, Vndelt heſ leide quor-ſo heſ tok; | An heifer, a goat, and a sheep he took, and divided them in two and set them apart. |
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944
And ðor a duue and a turtul ok Sat up on-rum til heuene he tok, And of ðo doles kep he nam | The dove and the turtle he divided not. |
| Gredi foueles fellen ðor-on, | Greedy fowls fell upon the carcases. |