wligt MS.
If eſau wulde him ogt deren,
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ðog wiſte wel god ſulde him weren;
ðor him cam bode him for to ſen,
1796
ðat eſau him cam a-gen;
| Word came to him that Esau was on his way to meet
him. |
And iacob ſente fer
bi-foren
him riche loac, and ſundri boren,
And iordan he dede ouer waden,
1800
Orf & men, wið welðe laden;
And he bi-lef ðor on ðe nigt
to bidden helpe of godeſ migt.
| [Fol. 35b.]
Jacob sends a rich present to Esau. |
And ðor wreſtelede an
engel wið,
1804
Senwe ſprungen fro ðe lið;
| He wrestled with an angel, |
(wulde he non ſenwe ſiðen eten,
Self his kinde nile ðat wune forgeten.)
| and the sinew shrank from the thigh. |
Get held he wið ðis angel faſt,
1808
Til ðe daning up eſten it braſt;
ðo ſeide ðe engel, "let me get ben,
ðe daining her nu men mai sen."
| Jacob would not let the angel go, |
Quad iacob, "ðe ne leate ic nogt,
1812
Til ðin bliſcing on me beð wrogt."
| until he had blessed him. |
Ðo quad ðe angel,
"ſal tu nummor
ben cald iacob, ſo ðu wore or,
Oc ðu ſal ben hoten iſrael,
1816
for ðu ðe weries ſwiðe wel;
Quan ðe ðe migt wið angel weren,
Hu ſal ani man ðe mugen deren?
Ear iacob and nu iſrael."
| Jacob prevailed, and his name was called
Israel. |
1820
ðat ſte[de] was cald phanuel,
for he nam ouer phanuel;
And it wurð ligt and he ſag wel
| This place was called Penuel. |
Quor eſau a-gen him cam,
1824
And bi-foren a-gen him nam;
And ſeue ſiðes he fell him bi-foren,
And wurðe him ſo firmeſt boren;
| [Fol. 36.]
The meeting of Jacob and Esau. |
And eſau ðo ran him to,
1828
And kiſſede, and wept, ðo rew him ſo.
| The brothers become reconciled to each other. |