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7 Now therfore delyuer the ma his wyfe ageyne for he is a prophete. And let him praye for the that thou mayst lyue. But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne be sure that thou shalt dye the deth with all that thou hast. 8 Than Abimelech rose vp be tymes in the mornynge and called all his servauntes and tolde all these thinges in their eares and the men were sore a frayde. 9 And Abimelech called Abraham and sayde vnto him: What hast thou done vnto vs and what haue I offended the that thou shuldest brynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne? thou hast done dedes vnto me that ought not to be done. 10 And Abimelech sayde morouer vnto Abraham: What sawest thou that moved the to do this thinge? 11 And Abraham Answered. I thought that peradveture the feare of God was not in this place and that they shulde sley me for my wyfes sake: 12 yet in very dede she is my sister the doughter of my father but not of my mother: and became my wyfe. 13 And after God caused me to wandre out of my fathers house I sayde vnto her: This kyndnesse shalt thou shewe vnto me in all places where we come that thou saye of me how that I am thy brother. 14 Than toke Abimelech shepe and oxen menservauntes and wemenseruauntes and gaue them vnto Abraham and delyvered him Sara his wyfe agayne. 15 And Abimelech sayde: beholde the lande lyeth be fore the dwell where it pleaseth ye best. 16 And vnto Sara he sayde: Se I haue geuen thy brother a thousande peeces of syluer beholde he shall be a couerynge to thyne eyes vnto all that ar with the and vnto all men and an excuse. 17 And so Abraham prayde vnto God and God healed Abimeleh and his wyfe and hys maydens so that they bare. 18 For the LORde had closed to all the matryces of the house of Abimelech because of Sara Abrahams wyfe. Chapter 21 1 The lorde visyted Sara as he had sayde and dyd vnto her acordynge as he had spoken. 2 And Sara was with childe and bare Abraha a sonne in his olde age euen the same season which the LORde had appoynted. 3 And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him which Sara bare him Isaac: 4 and Abra circucysed Isaac his sone whe he was .viij. dayes olde as God commaunded him 5 And Abraha was an hundred yere olde when his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him. 6 And Sara sayde: God hath made me a laughinge stocke: for all yt heare will laugh at me 7 She sayde also: who wolde haue sayde vnto Abraham that Sara shulde haue geuen childern sucke or yt I shulde haue borne him a sonne in his olde age: 8 The childe grewe and was wened and Abraham made a great feast the same daye that Isaac was wened. 9 Sara sawe the sonne of Hagar the Egiptian which she had borne vnto Abraham a mockynge. 10 Then she sayde vnto Abraham: put awaye this bondemayde and hyr sonne: for the sonne of this bondwoman shall not be heyre with my sonne Isaac: 11 But the wordes semed verey greavous in Abrahams syghte because of his sonne.
12 Than the LORde sayde vnto Abraham: let it not be greavous vnto the because of the ladd and of thy bondmayde: But in all that Sara hath saide vnto the heare hir voyce for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. 13 Moreouer of the sonne of the Bondwoman will I make a nation because he is thy seed. 14 And Abraham rose vp early in the mornyng and toke brede and a bottell with water and gaue it vnto Hagar puttynge it on hir shulders wyth the lad also and sent her awaye. And she departed and wadred vpp and doune in the wyldernes of Berseba. 15 When the water was spent that was in the botell she cast the lad vnder a bush 16 and went and satt her out of syghte a great waye as it were a bowshote off: For she sayde: I will not se the lad dye. And she satt doune out of syghte and lyfte vp hyr voyce and wepte. 17 And God herde the voyce of the childe. And the angell of God called Hagar out of heaven and sayde vnto her: What ayleth the Hagar? Feare not for God hath herde the voyce of the childe where he lyeth. 18 Aryse and lyfte vp the lad and take hym in thy hande for I will make off him a greate people. 19 And God opened hir eyes and she sawe a well of water. And she went and fylled the bottell with water and gaue the boye drynke. 20 And God was wyth the lad and he grewe and dweld in the wildernesse and became an archer. 21 And he dweld in the wyldernesse of Pharan. And hys mother gott him a wyfe out of the land of Egypte. 22 And it chaunced the same season that Abimelech and Phicoll his chefe captayne spake vnto Abraham saynge: God is wyth the in all that thou doist. 23 Now therfore swere vnto me even here by God that thou wylt not hurt me nor my childern nor my childerns childern. But that thou shalt deale with me and the contre where thou art a straunger acordynge vnto the kyndnesse that I haue shewed the. 24 Then sayde Abraham: I wyll swere. 25 And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water which Abimelech servauntes had taken awaye. 26 And Abimelech answered I wyst not who dyd it: Also thou toldest me not nether herde I of it but this daye. 27 And Abraham toke shepe and oxen and gaue them vnto Abimelech. And they made both of them a bonde together. 28 And Abraham sett vij. lambes by them selues. 29 And Abimelech sayde vnto Abraham: what meane these .vij. lamdes which thou hast sett by them selues. 30 And he answered: vij. lambes shalt thou take of my hande that it maye be a wytnesse vnto me that I haue dygged this well: 31 Wherfore the place is called Berseba because they sware both of them. 32 Thus made they a bonde to gether at Berseba.Than Abimelech and Phicoll his chefe captayne rose vp and turned agayne vnto the lande of the Philistines. 33 And Abraham planted a wodd in Berseba and called there on the name of the LORde the everlastynge God: 34 and dwelt in the Phelistinlade alonge season Chapter 22 1 After these dedes God dyd proue Abraham and sayde vnto him: Abraham. And he answered: here am I.
2 And he sayde: take thy only sonne Isaac whome thou louest and get the vnto the lande of Moria and sacrifyce him there for a sacrifyce vpon one of the mountayns which I will shewe the 3 Than Abraham rose vp early in the mornynge and sadled his asse and toke two of his meyny wyth him and Isaac his sonne: ad clove wod for the sacrifyce and rose vp and gott him to the place which God had appoynted him. 4 The thirde daye Abraham lyfte vp his eyes and sawe the place a farr of 5 and sayde vnto his yong men: byde here with the asse. I and the lad will goo yonder and worshippe and come agayne vnto you. 6 And Abraham toke the wodd of the sacrifyce and layde it vpon Isaac his sonne and toke fyre in his hande and a knyfe. And they went both of them together. 7 Than spake Isaac vnto Abraham his father and sayde: My father? And he answered here am I my sonne. And he sayde: Se here is fyre and wodd but where is the shepe for sacrifyce? 8 And Abraham sayde: my sonne God wyll prouyde him a shepe for sacrifyce. So went they both together. 9 And when they came vnto the place which God shewed him Abraha made an aulter there and dressed the wodd ad bownde Isaac his sonne and layde him on the aulter aboue apon the wodd. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hande and toke the knyfe to haue kylled his sonne. 11 Than the angell of the LORde called vnto him from heauen saynge: Abraham Abraham. And he answered: here am I. 12 And he sayde: laye not thy handes apon the childe nether do any thinge at all vnto him for now I knowe that thou fearest God in yt thou hast not kepte thine only sonne fro me. 13 And Abraham lyfted vp his eyes and loked aboute: and beholde there was a ram caught by the hornes in a thykette. And he went and toke the ram and offred him vp for a sacrifyce in the steade of his sonne 14 And Abraham called the name of the place the LORde will see: wherfore it is a come saynge this daye: in the mounte will the LORde be sene. 15 And the Angell of the LORde cryed vnto Abraham from heaven the seconde tyme 16 saynge: by my selfe haue I sworne (sayth the LORde) because thou hast done this thinge and hast not spared thy only sonne 17 that I will blesse th and multiplye thy seed as the starres of heaven and as the sonde vpo the seesyde. And thy seed shall possesse the gates of hys enymies. 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my voyce. 19 So turned Abraham agayne vnto his yonge men and they rose vp and wet to gether to Berseba. And Abraham dwelt at Berseba 20 And it chaused after these thiges that one tolde Abraham saynge: Beholde Milcha she hath also borne childern vnto thy brother Nachor: 21 Hus his eldest sonne and Bus his brother and Lemuell the father of the Sinans 22 and Cesed and Haso and Pildas and Iedlaph and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel begat Rebecca. These .viij. dyd Milcha bere to Nachor Abrahams brother 24. And his concubyne called Rheuma she bare also Tebah Gaham Thahas and Maacha. Chapter 23 1 Sara was an hundred and .xxvij. yere olde (for so longe lyued she) 2 and than dyed in a heade cyte called Hebron in the londe of Canaan. Than Abraham came to morne Sara and to wepe for her. 3 And Abraham stode vp from the coorse and talked with the sonnes of heth saynge:
4 I am a straunger ad a foryner amonge yow geue me a possession to bury in with you that I may bury my dead oute of my sighte. 5 And the children of heth answered Abraham saynge vnto him: 6 heare vs lorde thou art a prynce of God amonge vs. In the chefest of oure sepulchres bury thy dead: None of vs shall forbydd ye his sepulchre yt thou shuldest not bury thy deade therein. 7 Abraha stode vp and bowed hi selfe before ye people of ye lade ye childre of heth. 8 And he comoned with them saynge: Yf it be youre myndes yt I shall bury my deade oute of my sighte heare me ad speke for me to Ephron the sonne of Zoar: 9 and let him geue me the dubill caue which he hath in the end of his felde for as moch money as it is worth let him geue it me in the presence of you for a possession to bury in. 10 For Hephron dwelled amoge ye childern of heth.Than Ephron the Hethite answered Abraham in the audyece of the childern of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of his cyte saynge: 11 Not so my lorde but heare me: The felde geue I the and the caue that therein is geue I the also And even in the presence of the sonnes of my people geve I it the to bury thy deede in. 12 Than Abraham bowed himselfe before the people of the lade 13 and spake vnto Ephro in the audyence of the people of the contre saynge: I praye the heare me I will geue sylver for the felde take it of me ad so will I bury my deed there. 14 Ephron answered Abraha saynge vnto him 15 My lorde harken vnto me. The lande is worth iiij. hundreth sycles of syluer: But what is that betwixte the and me? bury thy deede. 16 And Abraham harkened vnto Ephron and weyde him the sylver which he had sayde in the audyence of the sonnes of Heth. Euen .iiij. hudred syluer sycles of currant money amonge marchauntes 17 Thus was the felde of Ephron where in the dubbill caue is before Mamre: euen the felde and the caue that is therein and all the trees of the felde which growe in all the borders rounde aboute made sure 18 vnto Abraham for a possession in the syghte of the childern of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of the cyte. 19 And then Abraham buried Sara his wyfe in the double caue of the felde that lyeth before Mare otherwise called Ebron in the lande of Canaan. 20 And so both the felde ad the caue that is therein was made vnto Abraham a sure possession to bury in of the sonnes of Heth. Chapter 24 1 Abraham was olde and stryken in dayes and the LORde had blessed him in all thinges. 2 And he sayde vnto his eldest servaunte of his house which had the rule over all that he had: Put thy hande vnder my thye that 3 I maye make the swere by the LORde that is God of heauen and God of the erth that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the doughters of the canaanytes amonge which I dwell. 4 But shalt goo vnto my contre and to my kynred and there take a wyfe vnto my sonne Isaac. 5 Tha sayde the seruaunte vnto him: what ad yf the woma wyll not agree to come with me vnto this lade shall I brynge thy sonne agayne vnto the lande which thou camest out of: 6 And Abraha sayde vnto him: bewarre of that that thou brige not my sonne thither. 7 The LORde God of heauen which toke me from my fathers house and from the lande where I was borne and which spake vnto me and sware vnto me saynge: vnto thy seed
wyll I geue this lande he shall sende his angell before the yt thou mayst take a wife vnto my sonne from thence. 8 Neuerthelesse yf the woma will not agree to come with the than shalt thou be with out daunger of this ooth. But aboue all thinge brynge not my sonne thyther agayne. 9 And the seruaunte put his hand vnder the thye of Abraham and sware to him as concernynge that matter. 10 And the seruaunte toke .x. camels of the camels of his master and departed and had of all maner goodes of his master with him and stode vp and went to Mesopotamia vnto the cytie of Nahor. 11 And made his camels to lye doune with out the cytie by a wels syde of water at euen: aboute the tyme that women come out to drawe water 12 and he sayde.LORde God of my master Abraha sende me good spede this daye and shewe mercy vnto my master Abraham. 13 Lo I stonde here by the well of water and the doughters of the men of this citie will come out to drawe water: 14 Now the damsell to whome I saye stoupe doune thy pytcher and let me drynke. Yf she saye drynke and I will geue thy camels drynke also yt same is she that thou hast ordened for they servaunte Isaac: yee and therby shall I knowe that thou hast shewed mercy on my master. 15 And it came to passe yer he had leeft spakynge that Rebecca came out the doughter of Bethuell sonne to Melcha the wife of Nahor Abrahams brother and hir pytcher apon hir shulder: 16 The damsell was very fayre to loke apon and yet a mayde and vnknowen of man.And she went doune to the well and fylled hyr pytcher and came vp agayne. 17 Then the seruaunte ranne vnto her and sayde: let me syppe a litle water of thi pither. 18 And she sayde: drynke my lorde.And she hasted and late downe her pytcher apon hyr arme and gaue him drinke. 19 And whe she had geven hym drynke she sayde: I will drawe water for thy camels also vntill they haue dronke ynough. 20 And she poured out hyr pitcher in to the trough hastely and ranne agayne vnto the well to fett water: and drewe for all his camels. 21 And the felowe wondred at her. But helde his peace to wete whether the LORde had made his iourney prosperous or not. 22 And as the camels had lefte drynckynge he toke an earynge of halfe a sicle weght and .ij golden bracelettes for hyr hades of .x. sycles weyght of gold 23 and sayde vnto her: whose doughter art thou? tell me: ys there rowme in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in? 24 And she sayde vnto him: I am the doughter of Bethuell the sonne of Milcha which she bare vnto Nahor: 25 and sayde moreouer vnto him: we haue litter and prauonder ynough and also rowme to lodge in. 26 And the man bowed himselfe and worshipped the LORde 27 and sayde: blessed be the LORde God of my master Abraham which ceasseth not to deale mercyfully and truly with my master And hath brought me the waye to my masters brothers house. 28 And the damsell ranne and tolde them of her mothers house these thinges. 29 And Rebecca had a brother called Laban.And Laban ranne out vnto the man to the well:
30 for as soone as he had sene the earynges and the bracelettes apon his sisters handes ad herde the wordes of Rebecca his sister saynge thus sayde the man vnto me than he went out vnto the man. And loo he stode yet with the camels by the well syde. 31 And Laban sayde: come in thou blessed of the LORde. Wherfore stondest thou without? I haue dressed the house and made rowme for the camels. 32 And than the ma came in to the house. And he vnbrydeld the camels: and brought litter and prauonder for the camels and water to weshe his fete and their fete that were with him 33 and there was meate sett before him to eate.But he sayde: I will not eate vntill I haue sayde myne earede: And he sayde saye on. 34 And he sayde: I am Abrahas servaunte 35 and the LORDE hath blessed my master out of measure that he is become greate and hath geven him shepe oxen syluer and golde menservauntes maydeservauntes camels ad asses. 36 And Sara my masters wyfe bare him a sonne whe she was olde: and vnto him hath he geven all that he hath. 37 And my master made me swere saynge: Thou shalt not take a wyfe to my sonne amonge the doughters of the cananytes in whose lade I dwell. 38 But thou shalt goo vnto my fathers house and to my kynred and there take a wyfe vnto my sonne. 39 And I sayde vnto my master. What yf the wyfe will not folowe me? 40 And he sayde vnto me: The LORde before whome I walke wyll sende his angell with the and prosper thy iourney that thou shalt take a wyfe for my sonne of my kynred and of my fathers house. 41 But and yf (when thou comest vnto my kynred) they will not geue the one tha shalt thou bere no perell of myne oothe. 42 And I came this daye vnto the well and sayed: O LORde the God of my master Abraha yf it be so that thou makest my iourney which I go prosperous: 43 beholde I stode by this well of water And when a virgyn cometh forth to drawe water and I saye to her: geue me a litle water of thi pitcher to drynke 44 and she saye agayne to me: dryncke thou and I will also drawe water for thy camels: that same is the wife whom the LORde hath prepared for my masters sonne. 45 And before I had made an ende of speakynge in myne harte: beholde Rebecca came forth and hir pitcher on hir shulder and she went doune vnto the well and drewe. And I sayde vnto her geue me drynke. 46 And she made hast and toke doune hir pitcher from of hir ad sayd: drinke and I will geue thy camels drynke also. And I dranke and she gaue the camels drynke also. 47 And I asked her saynge: whose doughter art thou? And she answered: the doughter of Bathuell Nahors sonne whome Milca bare vnto him.And I put the earynge vpon hir face and the bracelettes apon hir hondes. 48 And I bowed my selfe and worshepped the LORde and blessed the LORde God of my master Abraha which had brought me the right waye to take my masters brothers doughter vnto his sonne. 49 Now therfore yf ye will deall mercyfully and truly with my master tell me. And yf no tell me also: that I maye turne me to the right hande or to the left. 50 Than answered Laban and Bathuel saynge: The thinge is proceded even out of the lorde we can not therfore saye vnto the ether good or bad: 51 Beholde Rebecca before thy face take her and goo and let her be thy masters sonnes wife euen as the LORde hath sayde. 52 And whe Abrahams servaunte herde their wordes he bowed him selfe vnto the LORde flatt vpon the erth.
53 And the servaunte toke forth iewells of syluer and iewelles of gold and rayment and gaue them to Rebecca: But vnto hir brother and to hir mother he gaue spyces. 54 And then they ate and dranke both he and the men that were with him and taried all nyghte and rose vp in the mornynge.And he sayde: let me departe vnto my master. 55 But hir brother and hir mother sayde: let the damsell abyde with vs a while ad it be but even .x. dayes and than goo thy wayes. 56 And he sayde vnto them hinder me not: for the lorde hath prospered my iourney. Sende me awaye yt I maye goo vnto my master. 57 And they sayde: let vs call the damsell and witt what she sayth to the matter. 58 And they called forth Rebecca ad sayde vnto her: wilt thou goo with this ma? And she sayde: Yee. 59 Than they broughte Rebecca their sister on the waye and her norse and Abrahas servaunte and the men that were wyth him. 60 And they blessed Rebecca and sayde vnto her: Thou art oure sister growe in to thousande thousandes and thy seed possesse ye gates of their emnies. 61 And Rebecca arose and hir damsels and satt the vp apo the camels and went their waye after the man. And ye servaunte toke Rebecca and went his waye 62 And Isaac was a comige from the well of ye lyvynge and seynge for he dwelt in the south cotre 63 and was gone out to walke in his meditatios before ye eue tyde. And he lyfte vp his eyes and loked and beholde ye camels were cominge. 64 And Rebecca lyfte vp hir eyes and whe she sawe Isaac she lyghted of the camel 65 ad sayde vnto ye servaunte: what ma is this yt cometh agenst vs in the feld? And the servaute sayde: it is my master. And then she toke hir mantell ad put it aboute her. 66 And the servaute tolde Isaac all that he had done. 67 The Isaac broughte her in to his mother Saras tente ad toke Rebecca and she became his wife and he loved her: and so was Isaac coforted over his mother. Chapter 25 1 Abraha toke hi another wyfe cald Ketura 2 which bare hi Sunram Iacksam Medan Midia Iesback and Suah. 3 And Iacksan begat Seba and Deda. And the sonnes of sedan were Assurim Letusim and Leumim. 4 And the sonnes of Midian were Epha Epher Hanoch Abida and Elda. All these were the childern of Bethura. 5 But Abraha gaue all that he had vnto Isaac. 6 And vnto the sonnes of his concubines he haue giftes and sent them awaye from Isaac his sonne (while he yet lyved) east ward vnto the east contre. 7 These are the dayes of the life of Abraha which he lyved: an hudred and .lxxv. yere 8 and than fell seke ad dyed in a lustie age (whe he had lyved ynough) ad was put vnto his people. 9 And his sonnes Isaac ad Ismael buried hi in the duble caue in the feld of Ephro sone of Zoar the Hethite before Mamre. 10 Which felde abraha boughte of the sonnes of Heth: There was Abraha buried and Sara hys wife. 11 And after yt deeth of Abraha God blessed Isaac his sonne which dweld by the well of the lyvige and seige 12 These are the generatios of Ismael Abrahas sonne which Hagar the Egiptia Saras hand mayde bare vnto Abraham.
13 And these are the names of the sones of Ismaell with their names in their kireddes. The eldest sone of Ismael Neuatoth the Redar Adbeel Mibsa 14 Misma Duma Masa 15 Hadar Thema Ietur Naphis and Redma. 16 These are the sones of Ismael and these are their names in their townes and castels .xij. princes of natios. 17 And these are the yeres of the lyfe of Ismael: an hudred and .xxxvij yere and than he fell seke and dyed and was layde vnto his people. 18 And he dweld from Euila vnto Sur yt is before Egypte as men go toward the Assirias. And he dyed in the presence of all his brethren. 19 And these are the generatios of Isaac Abrahas sonne: Abraha begat Isaac. 20 And Isaac was .xl. yere olde whe he toke Rebecca to wyfe the doughter of Bethuel the Sirian of Mesopotamia and sister to Iaban the Sirien. 21 And Isaac made intercessio vnto ye LORde for his wife: because she was bare: and ye LORde was itreated of hi and Rebecca his wife coceaued: 22 and ye childern stroue together withi her, the she sayde: yf it shulde goo so to passe what helpeth it yt I am with childe? And she went and axed ye LORde. 23 And ye LORde sayde vnto her there are .ij. maner of people in the wombe and ij. nations shall springe out of thy bowels and the one nation shalbe myghtier than the other and the eldest shalbe servaunte vnto the yonger. 24 And whe hir tyme was come to be delyuered beholde: there were .ij. twyns in hir wobe. 25 And he that came out first was redde and rough ouer all as it were an hyde: and they called his name Esau. 26 And after ward his brother came out and his hande holdynge Esau by the hele. Wher fore his name was called Iacob. And Isaac was .lx. yere olde whe she bare the: 27 and the boyes grewe and Esau became a conynge hunter and a tyllman. But Iacob was a simple man and dwelled in the tentes. 28 Isaac loved Esau because he dyd eate of his venyso but Rebecca loued Iacob 29 Iacob sod potage and Esau came from the feld and was faine 30 and sayd to Iacob: let me syppe of yt redde potage for I am fayntie. And therfore was his name called Edom. 31 And Iacob sayde: sell me this daye thy byrthrighte. 32 And Esau answered: Loo I am at the poynte to dye and what profit shall this byrthrighte do me? 33 And Iacob sayde swere to me then this daye. And he swore to him and sold his byrthrighte vnto Iacob. 34 Than Iacob gaue Esau brede and potage of redde ryse. And he ate and dronke and rose vp and went his waye. And so Esau regarded not his byrthrighte. Chapter 26 1 And there fell a derth in ye lande passinge the first derth yt fell in the dayes of Abraham. Wherfore Isaac went vnto Abimelech kinge of ye Philistias vnto Gerar. 2 The the LORde apeared vnto him and sayde goo not doune in to Egipte but byde in ye land which I saye vnto ye: 3 Sogeorne in this lade and I wyll be with ye and wyll blesse ye: for vnto the and vnto thy sede I will geue all these cotreis And I will performe the oothe which I swore vnto Abraha thy father 4 and will multiplye thy seed as ye starres of heave and will geue vnto thy seed all these contreis. And thorow thy seed shall all the natios of the erth be blessed
5 because yt Abraha harkened vnto mi voyce and kepte mine ordinauces comaudmetes statutes and lawes 6 And Isaac dwelled in Gerar. 7 And yt me of the place asked hi of his wife and he sayde yt she was his sister: for he feared to calle her his wife lest the me of the place shulde haue kylled hym for hir sake because she was bewtyfull to ye eye. 8 And it happened after he had bene there longe tyme yt Abimelech kinge of ye Philistias loked out at a wyndow and sawe Isaac sportinge with Rebecca his wife. 9 And Abimelech sende for Isaac and sayde: se she is of a suertie thi wife and why saydest thou yt she was thi sister? And Isaac saide vnto hi: I thoughte yt I mighte peradventure haue dyed for hir sake. 10 The fayde Abimelech: whi hast thou done this vnto vs? one of ye people myght lightely haue lyne by thy wife and so shuldest thou haue broughte synne vpon vs 11 Tha Abimelech charged all his people saynge: he yt toucheth this man or his wife shall surely dye for it. 12 And Isaac sowed in yt lade and founde in ye same yere an hudred bushels: for ye LORde blessed hi 13 and the man waxed mightye and wet forth and grewe till he was exceadinge great 14 yt he had possessio of shepe of oxe and a myghtie housholde: so yt the Philestians had envy at him: 15 In so moch yt they stopped and fylled vp with erth all the welles which his fathers servauntes dygged in his father Abrahams tyme. 16 Than sayde Abimelech vnto Isaac: gett the fro me for thou art myhhtier then we a greate deale. 17 Than Isaac departed thense and pitched his tente in the valey Gerar and dwelt there, 18 And Isaac digged agayne the welles of water which they dygged in the dayes of Abraha his father which the Philestias had stoppe after ye deth of Abraha and gaue the the same names which hys father gaue the. 19 As Isaacs seruautes dygged in the valey they founde a well of springynge water. 20 And the herdme of Gerar dyd stryue with Isaacs herdme saynge: the water is oures Than called he the well Eseck because they stroue with hym. 21 Than dygged they another well and they stroue for yt also. Therfore called he it Sitena. 22 And than he departed these and dygged a nother well for the which they stroue not: therfore called he it Rehoboth saige: ye LORde hath now made vs rowme and we are encreased vpo the erth. 23 Afterward departed he thece and came to Berseba 24 And the LORde apered vnto hi the same nyghte and sayde. I am the God of Abraha thy father feare not for I am with the and will blesse the and multiplye thy sede for my seruaute Abrahams sake. 25 And than he buylded an aulter there and called vpo the name of the LORde and there pitched his tente. And there Isaacs servauntes dygged a well. 26 Than came Abimelech to him fro Gerar and Ahusath his frende and Phicol his chefe captayne. 27 And Isaac sayde vnto the: wherfore come ye to me seige ye hate me and haue put me awaye fro you? 28 Than sayde they: we sawe that the LORde was with the and therfore we sayde that there shulde be an oothe betwixte vs ad the and that we wolde make a bonde with the: 29 yt thou shuldeste do vs no hurte as we haue not touched the and haue done vnto the nothinge but good and sed the awaye in peace: for thou art now the blessed of the LORde.
30 And he made the a feast and they ate ad droke. 31 And they rose vp by tymes in the mornynge and sware one to another. And Isaac sent the awaye. And they departed from him in peace. 32 And ye same daye came Isaacs servautes and tolde hi of a well which they had dygged: and sayde vnto hi that thei had founde water. 33 And he called it Seba wherfore the name of the cyte is called Berseba vnto this daye. 34 When Esau was .xl. yere olde he toke to wyfe Judith the doughter of Bely an Hethite and Busmath the doughter of Elon an Hethite 35 also which were dishobedient vnto Isaac and Rebecca. Chapter 27 1 And it came to passe that Isaac wexed olde and his eyes were dymme so that he coude nat see. Tha called he Esau his eldest sonne and sayde vnto him: mi sonne. And he sayde vnto hym: heare am I. 2 And he sayde: beholde I am olde ad knowe not the daye of mi deth: 3 Now therfore take thi weapes thy quiver and thi bowe and gett the to the feldes and take me some venyson 4 and make me meate such as I loue and brynge it me and let me eat that my soull may blesse the before that I dye: 5 But Rebecca hard whe Isaac spake to Esau his sonne. And as soone as Esau was gone to the felde to catche venyson and to brige it 6 she spake vnto Iacob hir sonne sainge? Behold I haue herde thi father talkinge with Esau thy brother and saynge: 7 bringe me venyson and make me meate that I maye eate and blesse the before the LORde yer I dye. 8 Now therfore my sonne heare my voyce in that which I comaunde the: 9 gett the to the flocke and bringe me thece .ij. good kiddes and I will make meate of the for thi father soch as he loueth. 10 And thou shalt brige it to thi father and he shal eate yt he maye blysse the before his deth 11 Than sayde Iacob to Rebecca his mother. Beholde Esau mi brother is rugh and I am smooth. 12 Mi father shal peradueture fele me ad I shal seme vnto hi as though I wet aboute to begyle hi and so shall he brige a curse vpo me and not a blessige: 13 and his mother saide vnto him. Vppo me be thi curse my sonne only heare my voyce and goo and fetch me them. 14 And Iacob went ad fett them and brought them to his mother.And his mother made meate of them accordinge as his father loued 15 And she went and fett goodly rayment of hir eldest sonne Esau which she had in the house with hir and put them vpon Iacob hir yongest sonne 16 ad she put the skynnes vpon his hades and apon the smooth of his necke. 17 And she put ye meate and brede which she had made in the hode of hir sonne Iacob 18 And he went in to his father saynge: my father And he aswered: here am I who art thou my sonne? 19 And Iacob sayde vnto his father: I am Esau thy eldest sonne I haue done acordinge as thou baddest me vp and sytt and eate of my venyson that thi soule maye blesse me. 20 But Isaac sayde vnto his sonne. How cometh it that thou hast fownde it so quicly my sonne? He answered: The LORde thy god brought it to my hande. 21 Than sayde Isaac vnto Iacob: come nere and let me fele the my sonne whether thou be my sonne Esau or not.
22 Than went Iacob to Isaac his father and he felt him and sayde the voyce is Iacobs voyce but the hades ar ye hades of Esau. 23 And he knewe him not because his handes were rough as his brother Esaus handes: And so he blessed him. 24 And he axed him art thou my sonne Esau? And he sayde: that I am. 25 Than sayde he: brynge me and let me eate of my sonnes venyson that my soule maye blesse the. And he broughte him and he ate. And he broughte him wyne also and he dranke. 26 And his father Isaac sayde vnto him: come nere and kysse me my sonne. 27 And he wet to him and kissed him. And he smelled ye sauoure of his raymet and blessed hi and sayde See ye smell of my sone is as ye smell of a feld which the lorde hath blessed. 28 God geue the of ye dewe of heave and of the fatnesse of the erth and pletie of corne and wyne. 29 People be thy servauntes and natios bowe vnto the. Be lorde ouer thy brethre and thy mothers children stoupe vnto the. Cursed be he yt curseth the and lessed be he that blesseth the. 30 As soone as Isaac had made an end of blessig Iacob and Iacob was scace gone out fro the preasence of Isaac his father: then came Esau his brother fro his huntynge: 31 And had made also meate and brought it in vnto his father and sayde vnto him: Aryse my father and eate of thy sonnes venyson that thy soule maye blesse me. 32 Tha his father Isaac sayde vnto him. Who art thou? he answered I am thy eldest sonne Esau. 33 And Isaac was greatly astoyned out of mesure and sayde: Where is he then that hath huted venyson and broughte it me and I haue eaten of all before thou camest and haue blessed him ad he shall be blessed styll. 34 Whe Esau herde the wordes of his father he cryed out greatly and bitterly aboue mesure and sayde vnto his father: blesse me also my father. 35 And he sayde thy brother came with subtilte ad hath take awaye thy blessynge. 36 Than sayde he: He maye well be called Iacob for he hath vndermyned me now .ij. tymes fyrst he toke awaye my byrthrighte: and se now hath he taken awaye my blessynge also. And he sayde hast thou kepte neuer a blessynge for me? 37 Isaac answered and sayde vnto Esau: beholde I haue made him thi LORde and all his mothers childern haue I made his seruauntes. Moreouer wyth corne ad wyne haue I stablesshed him what ca I do vnto the now my sonne? 38 And Esau sayde vnto his father? hast thou but yt one blessynge my father? blesse me also my father: so lyfted vp Esau his voyce and wepte 39 Tha Isaac his father answered and sayde vnto himBeholde thy dwellynge place shall haue of the fatnesse of the erth and of the dewe of heauen fro aboue. 40 And wyth thy swerde shalt thou lyue and shalt be thy brothers seruaunte But the tyme will come when thou shalt gett the mastrye and lowse his yocke from of thy necke. 41 And Esau hated Iacob because of the blessynge yt his father blessed him with all and sayde in his harte: The dayes of my fathers sorowe are at hade for I will sley my brother Iacob. 42 And these wordes of Esau hir eldest sonne were told to Rebecca. And she sente ad called Iacob hir yongest sonne and sayde vnto hi: beholde thy brother Esau threatneth to kyll the: 43 Now therfore my sone heare my voyce make the redie and flee to Laba my brother at Haran 44 And tarie with him a while vntill thy brothers fearsnes be swaged and
45 vntill thy brothers wrath turne away from the and he forgett that which thou hast done to him. Tha will I sende and fett the awaye from thence. Why shulde I lose you both in one daye. 46 And Rebecca spake to Isaac: I am wery of my life for feare of the doughters of Heth. Yf Iacob take a wife of the doughters of Heth soch one as these are or of the doughters of the lande what lust shulde I haue to lyue. Chapter 28 1 Than Isaac called Iacob his sonne and blessed him ad charged him and sayde vnto him: se thou take not a wife of the doughters of Canaan 2 but aryse ad gett the to Mesopotamia to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father: and there take the a wife of the doughters of Laban thi mothers brother. 3 And God allmightie blesse the increase the and multiplie the that thou mayst be a nombre of people 4 and geue the the blessynge of Abraham: both to the and to thy seed with the that thou mayst possesse the lade (wherein thou art a strangere) which God gaue vnto Abraham. 5 Thus Isaac sent forth Iacob to goo to Mesopotamia vnto Laban sonne of Bethuel the Sirien and brother to Rebecca Iacobs and Esaus mother. 6 When Esau sawe that Isaac had blessed Iacob and sent him to Mesopotamia to fett him a wife thence and that as he blessed him he gaue him a charge saynge: se thou take not a wife of the doughters of Canaan: 7 and that Iacob had obeyed his father and mother and was gone vnto Mesopotamia: 8 and seynge also that the doughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father: 9 Then went he vnto Ismael and toke vnto the wiues which he had Mahala the doughter of Ismael Abrahams sonne the sister of Nabaioth to be his wife. 10 Iacob departed from Berseba and went toward Haran 11 and came vnto a place and taried there all nyghte because the sonne was downe. And toke a stone of the place and put it vnder his heade and layde him downe in the same place to slepe. 12 And he dreamed: and beholde there stode a ladder apon the erth and the topp of it reached vpp to heaue. And se the angells of God went vp and downe apon it 13 yee ad the LORde stode apon it and sayde.I am the LORde God of Abraham thi father and the God of Isaac: The londe which thou slepest apon will I geue the and thy seed. 14 And thy seed shalbe as the dust of the erth: And thou shalt spreade abrode: west east north and south. And thorow the and thy seed shall all the kynreddes of the erth be blessed. 15 And se I am with the and wylbe thy keper in all places whother thou goost and wyll brynge ye agayne in to this lande: Nether will I leaue the vntill I haue made good all that I haue promysed the. 16 When Iacob was awaked out of his slepe he sayde: surely the LORde is in this place ad I was not aware. 17 And he was afrayde and sayde how fearfull is this place? it is none other but euen the house of God and the gate of heaue. 18 And Iacob stode vp early in the mornynge and toke the stone that he had layde vnder his heade and pitched it vp an ende and poured oyle on the topp of it. 19 And he called the name of the place Bethell for in dede the name of the citie was called Lus before tyme. 20 And Iacob vowed a vowe saynge: Yf God will be with me and wyll kepe me in this iourney which I goo and will geue me bread to eate and cloothes to put on
21 so that I come agayne vnto my fathers house in saftie: then shall the LORde be my God 22 and this stone which I haue sett vp an ende shalbe godes house And of all that thou shalt geue me will I geue the tenth vnto the. Chapter 29 1 Then Iacob lyfte vp his fete and wet toward the east countre. 2 And as he loked aboute behold there was a well in the feld and .iij. flockes of shepe laye therby (for at that well were the flockes watered) and there laye a great stone at the well mouth 3 And the maner was to brynge the flockes thyther and to roull the stone fro the welles mouth and to water the shepe and to put the stone agayne vppon the wells mouth vnto his place. 4 And Iacob sayde vnto the: brethern whece be ye? and they sayde: of Haran ar we. 5 And he sayde vnto the: knowe ye Laban the sonne of Nahor. And they sayde: we knowe him. 6 And he sayde vnto the: is he in good health? And they sayde: he is in good health: and boholde his doughter Rahel cometh with ye shepe. 7 And he sayde: lo it is yet a great whyle to nyghte nether is it tyme yt the catell shulde be gathered together: water the shepe and goo and fede the. 8 And they sayde: we maye not vntill all ye flockes be brought together and the stone be roulled fro the wells mouth and so we water oure shepe. 9 Whyle he yet talked with the Rahel came with hir fathers shepe for she kepte them. 10 As soone As Iacob sawe Rahel the doughter of Laban his mothers brother and the shepe of Laban his mothers brother he went and rowled the stone fro the wells mouth and watered the shepe of Laba his mothers brother 11 And Iacob kyssed Rahel and lyfte vp his voyce and wepte: 12 and tolde her also yt he was hir fathers brother and Rebeccas sonne. The Rahel ranne and tolde hir father. 13 When Laban herd tell of Iacob his sisters sonne he ranne agaynst him and embraced hi and kyssed him ad broughte him in to his house. And the Iacob told Laba all ye matter 14 And the Laba sayde: well thou art my bone and my flesh. Abyde with me the space of a moneth. 15 And afterward Laban sayd vnto Iacob: though thou be my brother shuldest thou therfore serue me for nought?tell me what shall thi wages be? 16 And Laban had .ij. doughters the eldest called Lea and the yongest Rahel. 17 Lea was tender eyed: But Rahel was bewtifull ad well fauored. 18 And Iacob loued her well and sayde: I will serue the .vij. yere for Rahel thy yongest doughter. 19 And Laban answered: it is better yt I geue her the than to another man? byde therfore with me. 20 And Iacob serued .vij. yeres for Rahel and they semed vnto him but a fewe dayes for the loue he had to her. 21 And Iacob sayde vnto Laban geue me my wife that I maye lye with hir for the tyme appoynted me is come. 22 Than Laban bade all the men of that place and made a feast. 23 And when eue was come he toke Lea his doughter and broughte her to him and he went in vnto her. 24 And Laban gaue vnto his doughter Lea Zilpha his mayde to be hir seruaunte.
25 And when the mornynge was come beholde it was Lea. Than sayde he to Laban: wherfore hast thou played thus with me? dyd not I serue the for Rahel wherfore than hast thou begyled me? 26 Laban answered: it is not the maner of this place to marke the yongest before the eldest. 27 Passe out this weke and tha shall this also be geuen the for ye seruyce which thou shalt serue me yet .vij. yeres more. 28 And Iacob dyd eue so and passed out that weke and than he gaue hi Rahel his doughter to wyfe also. 29 And Laban gaue to Rahel his doughter Bilha his handmayde to be hir servaute. 30 So laye he by Rahel also and loued Rahel more than Lea and serued him yet .vij. yeres more. 31 When the LORde sawe that Lea was despised he made her frutefull: but Rahel was baren. 32 And Lea conceaued and bare a sonne ad called his name Rube for she sayde::the LORde hath loked apon my tribulation. And now my husbonde will loue me. 33 And she conceaued agayne and bare a sonne and sayde: the LORde hath herde that I am despised ad hath therfore geuen me this sonne also and she called him Simeon. 34 And she conceaued yet and bare a sonne ad sayde: now this once will my husbonde kepe me company because I haue borne him .iij. sonnes: and therfore she called his name Levi. 35 And she conceaued yet agayne and bare a sonne saynge? Now will I prayse the LORde: therfore she called his name Iuda and left bearynge. Chapter 30 1 When Rahel sawe that she bare Iacob no childern she enuied hir sister and sayde vnto Iacob: geue me childern or ells I am but deed. 2 Than was Iacob wrooth with Rahel saynge: Am I in godes steade which kepeth fro the the frute of thi wobe? 3 The she sayde: here is my mayde Bilha: go in vnto her that she maye beare vpo my lappe that I maye be encreased by her. 4 And she gaue him Bilha hir hadmayde to wife. And Iacob wet in vnto her 5 And Bilha conceaued and bare Iacob a sonne. 6 Than sayde Rahel. God hath geuen sentece on my syde and hath also herde my voyce and hath geuen me a sonne. Therfore called she him Dan. 7 And Bilha Rahels mayde coceaued agayne and bare Iacob a nother sonne. 8 And Rahel sayde. God is turned and I haue made achaunge with my sister and haue gote ye vpper hade. And she called his name Nepthali 9 Whe Lea sawe that she had left bearinge she toke Silpha hir mayde and gaue her Iacob to wiffe. 10 And Silpha Leas made bare Iacob a sonne. 11 Than sayde Lea: good lucke: and called his name Gad. 12 And Silpha Leas mayde bare Iacob another sonne. 13 Tha sayd Lea: happy am I for the doughters will call me blessed. And called his name Asser. 14 And Rube wet out in the wheat haruest and foude mandragoras in the feldes and brought the vnto his mother Lea. Than sayde Rahel to Lea geue me of thy sonnes madragoras.
15 And Lea answered: is it not ynough yt thou hast take awaye my housbode but woldest take awaye my sonnes mandragoras also? Than sayde Rahel well let him slepe with the this nyghte for thy sonnes mandragoras. 16 And whe Iacob came from the feldes at euen Lea went out to mete him and sayde: come into me for I haue bought the with my sonnes mandragoras.And he slepte with her that nyghte. 17 And God herde Lea yt she coceaued and bare vnto Iacob yt .v. sonne. 18 Than sayde Lea. God hath geue me my rewarde because I gaue my mayde to my housbod and she called him Isachar. 19 And Lea coceaued yet agayne and bare Iacob the sexte sonne. 20 Than sayde she: God hath endewed me with a good dowry. Now will my housbond dwell with me because I haue borne him .vi. sonnes: and called his name Zabulo. 21 After that she bare a doughter and called her Dina. 22 And God remebred Rahel herde her and made her frutefull: 23 so that she coceaued and bare a sonne and sayde God hath take awaye my rebuke. 24 And she called his name Ioseph saynge The lorde geue me yet a nother sonne. 25 As soone as Rahel had borne Ioseph Iacob sayde to Laban: Sede me awaye yt I maye goo vnto myne awne place and cutre 26 geue me my wives and my childern for whome I haue serued the and let me goo; for thou knowest what seruyce I haue done the. 27 Than sayde Laban vnto hi: If I haue fownde fauoure in thy syghte (for I suppose yt the LORde hath blessed me for thy sake) 28 appoynte what thy rewarde shalbe and I will geue it ye. 29 But he sayde vnto hym thou knowest what seruyce I haue done ye and in what takynge thy catell haue bene vnder me: 30 for it was but litle that thou haddest before I came and now it is encreased in to a multitude and the LORDE hath blessed the for my sake.But now when shall I make provysion for myne awne house also? 31 And he sayde: what shall I geue the? And Iacob answerd: thou shalt geue me nothinge at all yf thou wilt do this one thinge for me: And then will I turne agayne and fede thy shepe and kepe them. 32 I will go aboute all thy shepe this daye and separate fro the all the shepe that are spotted and of dyverse coloures and all blacke shepe amonge the lambes and the partie and spotted amonge the kyddes: And then such shalbe my rewarde. 33 So shall my rightwesnes answere for me: when the tyme commeth that I shall receaue my rewarde of the: So that what soeuer is not speckeld and partie amonge the gootes and blacke amonge the lambes let that be theft with me. 34 Than sayde Laban: loo I am contete that it be acordinge as thou hast sayde. 35 And he toke out that same daye the he gootes that were partie and of dyuerse coloures and all the she gootes that were spotted and partie coloured and all that had whyte in the and all the blacke amonge the lambes: ad put the in the kepinge of his sonnes 36 and sett thre dayes ourney ibetwixte hiselfe and Iacob. And so Iacob kepte ye rest of Labas shepe. 37 Iacob toke roddes of grene popular hasell and of chestnottrees and pilled whyte strakes in the and made the white apere in the staues: 38 And he put the staues which he had pilled eue before ye shepe in the gutters and watrynge troughes whe the shepe came to drynke: yt they shulde coceaue whe they came to drynke. 39 And the shepe coceaued before the staues and brought forth straked spotted and partie.
40 The Iacob parted the labes and turned the faces of the shepe toward spotted thinges and toward all maner of blacke thinges thorow out the flockes of Laba. And he made him flockes of his owne by the selfe which he put not vnto the flockes of Laba. 41 And allwaye in the first buckinge tyme of the shepe Iacob put the staues before the shepe in the gutters yt they myghte conceaue before the staues 42 But in the latter buckynge tyme he put them not there: so the last brode was Labas and the first Iacobs. 43 And the man became excedynge ryche and had many shepe maydeseruauntes menseruauntes camels and asses. Chapter 31 1 And Iacob herde the wordes of Labas sonnes how they sayde: Iacob hath take awaye all that was oure fathers and of oure fathers goodes hath he gote all this honoure. 2 And Iacob behelde the countenauce of Laban that it was not toward him as it was in tymes past. 3 And the LORde sayde vnto Iacob: turne agayne in to the lade of thy fathers and to thy kynred and I wilbe with ye. 4 Tha Iacob sent and called Rahel and Lea to the felde vnto his shepe 5 and sayde vnto the: I se youre fathers countenauce yt it is not toward me as in tymes past. Morouer ye God of my father hath bene with me. 6 And ye knowe how that I haue serued youre father with all my myghte. 7 And youre father hath disceaued me and chaunged my wages .x. tymes: But God suffred him not to hurte me. 8 When he sayde the spotted shalbe thy wages tha all the shepe barespotted. Yf he sayde the straked shalbe thi rewarde tha bare all the shepe straked: 9 thus hath God take awaye youre fathers catell and geue the me. 10 For in buckynge tyme I lifted vp myne eyes and sawe in a dreame: and beholde the rammes that bucked the shepe were straked spotted and partie. 11 And the angell of God spake vnto me in a dreame saynge: Iacob. And I answered: here am I. 12 And he sayde: lyfte vp thyne eyes ad see how all therames that leape vpon the shepe are straked spotted and partie: for I haue sene all that Laban doth vnto ye. 13 I am ye god of Bethell where thou anoynteddest the stone ad where thou vowdest a vowe vnto me. Now aryse and gett the out of this countre ad returne vnto the lade where thou wast borne. 14 Than answered Rahel and Lea and sayde vnto him: we haue no parte nor enheritaunce in oure fathers house 15 he cownteth us eue as straungers for he hath solde vs and hath euen eaten vp the price of vs. 16 Moreouer all the riches which God hath take from oure father that is oures and oure childerns. Now therfore what soeuer God hath sayde vnto the that doo. 17 Tha Iacob rose vp and sett his sones and wiues vp vpon camels 18 and caried away all his catell and all his substace which he had gotte in Mesopotamia for to goo to Isaac his father vnto the lade of Canaan. 19 Laba was gone to shere his shepe and Rahel had stolle hir fathers ymages. 20 And Iacob went awaye vnknowynge to Laban the Sirie and tolde him not yt he fled. 21 So fled he and all yt he had and made him self redy and passed ouer the ryuers and sett his face streyght towarde the mounte Gilead. 22 Apo the thirde day after was it tolde Laba yt Iacob was fled.
23 Tha he toke his brethre with him and folowed after him .vij. dayes iourney and ouer toke him at the mounte Gilead. 24 And God came to Laba the Siria in a dreame by nyghte and sayde vnto him: take hede to thi selfe that thou speake not to Iacob oughte save good. 25 And Laba ouer toke Iacob: and Iacob had pitched his tete in yt mounte. And Laban with his brethern pitched their tete also apon the mounte Gilead. 26 Than sayde Laba to Iacob: why hast thou this done vnknowynge to me and hast caried awaye my doughters as though they had bene take captyue with swerde? 27 Wherfore wentest thou awaye secretly vnknowne to me and didest not tell me yt I myghte haue broughte yt on the waye with myrth syngynge tymrells and harppes 28 and hast not suffred me to kysse my childern and my doughters. Thou wast a fole to do 29 it for I am able to do you evell. But the God of youre father spake vnto me yesterdaye saynge take hede tha thou speake not to Iacob oughte saue goode. 30 And now though thou wetest thi waye because thou logest after thi fathers house yet wherfore hast thou stollen my goddes? 31 Iacob answered and sayde to Laba: because I was afrayed and thought that thou woldest haue take awaye thy doughters fro me. 32 But with whome soeuer thou fyndest thy goddes let him dye here before oure brethre. Seke that thine is by me and take it to the: for Iacob wist not that Rahel had stolle the. 33 Tha wet Laba in to Iacobs tete and in to Leas tete and in to .ij. maydens tentes: but fownde the not. Tha wet he out of Leas tete and entred in to Rahels tete. 34 And Rahel toke the ymages and put them in the camels strawe and sate doune apo the. And Laba serched all the tete: but fownde the not. 35 Tha sayde she to hir father: my lorde be not angrye yt I ca not ryse vp before the for the disease of weme is come apon me. So searched he but foude the not. 36 Iacob was wrooth and chode with Laba: Iacob also answered and sayde to him: what haue I trespaced or what haue I offended that thou foloweddest after me? 37 Thou hast searched all my stuffe and what hast thou founde of all thy housholde stuffe? put it here before thi brethern and myne and let the iudge betwyxte vs both. 38 This xx. yere yt I haue bene wyth the thy shepe and thy gootes haue not bene baren and the rammes of thi flocke haue I not eate. 39 What soeuer was torne of beastes I broughte it not vnto ye but made it good mysilf: of my hade dydest thou requyre it whether it was stollen by daye or nyghte 40 Moreouer by daye the hete consumed me and the colde by nyghte and my slepe departed fro myne eyes. 41 Thus haue I bene .xx. yere in thi house and serued the .xiiij. yeres forthy .ij. doughters and vi. yere for thi shepe and thou hast changed my rewarde .x. tymes. 42 And excepte the God of my father the God of Abraha and the God whome Isaac feareth had bene with me: surely thou haddest sent me awaye now all emptie. But God behelde my tribulation and the laboure of my handes: and rebuked the yester daye. 43 Laban answered ad sayde vnto Iacob: the doughters are my doughters and the childern ar my childern and the shepe are my shepe ad all that thou seist is myne. And what can I do this daye vnto these my doughters or vnto their childern which they haue borne? 44 Now therfore come on let us make a bonde I and thou together and let it be a wytnesse betwene the and me. 45 Than toke Iacob a stone and sett it vp an ende 46 ad sayde vnto his brethern gather stoones And they toke stoones ad made an heape and they ate there vpo the heape. 47 And Laba called it Iegar Sahadutha but Iacob called it Gylead.
48 Than sayde Laban: this heape be witnesse betwene the and me this daye (therfore is it called Gilead) 49 and this totehill which the lorde seeth (sayde he) be wytnesse betwene me and the when we are departed one from a nother: 50 that thou shalt not vexe my doughters nether shalt take other wyves vnto them. Here is no man with vs: beholde God is wytnesse betwixte the and me. 51 And Laban sayde moreouer to Iacob: beholde this heape and this marke which I haue sett here betwyxte me and the: 52 this heape be wytnesse and also this marcke that I will not come ouer this heape to the ad thou shalt not come ouer this heape ad this marke to do any harme. 53 The God of Abraham the God of Nahor and the God of theyr fathers be iudge betwixte vs.And Iacob sware by him that his father Isaac feared. 54 Then Iacob dyd sacrifyce vpon the mounte and called his brethern to eate breed. And they ate breed and taried all nyghte in the hyll. 55 And early in the mornynge Laban rose vp and kyssed his childern and his doughters and blessed the and departed and wet vnto his place agayne. Chapter 32 1 But Iacob went forth on his iourney. And the angells of God came and mett him. 2 And when Iacob sawe them he sayde: this is godes hoost: and called the name of that same place Mahanaim. 3 Iacob sente meessengers before him to Esau his brother vnto the lande of Seir and the felde of Edom. 4 And he comaunded them saynge: se that ye speake after this maner to my lorde Esau: thy seruaunte Iacob sayth thus. I haue sogerned ad bene a straunger with Laban vnto this tyme: 5 and haue gotten oxen asses and shepe menservauntes and wemanseruauntes and haue sent to shewe it mi lorde that I may fynde grace in thy syghte. 6 And the messengers came agayne to Iacob sainge: we came vnto thi brother Esau and he cometh ageynst the and .iiij. hundred men with hi. 7 Than was Iacob greatlye afrayde and wist not which waye to turne him selfe and devyded the people that was with him and the shepe oxen and camels in to .ij. companies 8 and sayde: Yf Esau come to the one parte and smyte it the other may saue it selfe. 9 And Iacob sayde: O god of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac: LORde which saydest vnto me returne vnto thy cuntre and to thy kynrede and I will deall wel with the. 10 I am not worthy of the leaste of all the mercyes and treuth which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunte. For with my staf came I over this Iordane and now haue Igoten .ij. droves 11 Delyver me from the handes of my brother Esau for I feare him: lest he will come and smyte the mother with the childeru. 12 Thou saydest that thou woldest surely do me good and woldest make mi seed as the sonde of the see which can not be nombred for multitude. 13 And he taried there that same nyghte and toke of that which came to hande a preasent vnto Esau his brother: 14 ij hundred she gootes ad xx he gootes: ij hundred shepe and xx rammes: 15 thyrtye mylch camels with their coltes: xl kyne ad x bulles: xx she asses ad foles 16 and delyuered them vnto his seruauntes euery drooue by them selues ad sayde vnto them: goo forth before me and put a space betwyxte euery drooue.
17 And he comaunded the formest sayngeWhe Esau my brother meteth the ad axeth the saynge: whose seruaute art thou and whither goost thou and whose ar these that goo before ye: 18 thou shalt say they be thy seruaunte Iacobs and are a present sent vnto my lorde Esau and beholde he him selfe cometh after vs. 19 And so comaunded he the seconde ad euen so the thirde and lykewyse all that folowed the drooues sainge of this maner se that ye speake vnto Esau whe ye mete him 20 ad saye more ouer. Beholde thy seruaunte Iacob cometh after vs for he sayde. I will pease his wrath with the present yt goth before me and afterward I will see him myself so peradventure he will receaue me to grace. 21 So went the preset before him ad he taried all that nyghte in the tente 22 ad rose vp the same nyghte ad toke his .ij. wyves and his .ij. maydens and his .xi. sonnes and went ouer the foorde Iabok. 23 And he toke them ad sent the ouer the ryuer ad sent ouer that he had 24 ad taried behinde him selfe alone.And there wrastled a man with him vnto the breakynge of the daye. 25 And when he sawe that he coude not prevayle agaynst him he smote hi vnder the thye and the senowe of Iacobs thy shranke as he wrastled with him. 26 And he sayde: let me goo for the daye breaketh. And he sayde: I will not lett the goo excepte thou blesse me. 27 And he sayde vnto him: what is thy name? He answered: Iacob. 28 And he sayde: thou shalt be called Iacob nomore but Israell. For thou hast wrastled with God and with men ad hast preuayled. 29 And Iacob asked him sainge tell me thi name. And he sayde wherfore dost thou aske after my name? and he blessed him there. 30 And Iacob called the name of the place Peniel for I haue sene God face to face and yet is my lyfe reserved. 31 And as he went ouer Peniel the sonne rose vpon him and he halted vpon his thye: 32 wherfore the childern of Israell eate not of the senow that shrancke vnder the thye vnto this daye: because that he smote Iacob vnder the thye in the senow that shroncke. Chapter 33 1 Iacob lyfte vp his eyes and sawe hys brother Esau come and with him .iiij. hundred men. And he deuyded the childern vnto Lea and vnto Rahel and vnto ye ij. maydens. 2 And he put the maydens ad their childern formest ad Lea and hir childern after and Rahel ad Ioseph hindermost. 3 And he went before them and fell on the grownde, vij. tymes vntill he came vnto his brother. 4 Esau ranne agaynst him and enbraced hym and fell on his necke and kyssed him and they wepte. 5 And he lifte vp his eyes and sawe the wyves and their childern and sayde: what are these which thou there hast? And he sayde: they are the childern which God hath geuen thy seruaunte. 6 Than came the maydens forth ad dyd their obaysaunce. 7 Lea also and hir childern came and dyd their obaysaunce. And last of all came Ioseph and Rahel and dyd their obaysaunce. 8 And he sayde: what meanyst thou with all ye drooues which I mett. And he answered: to fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde. 9 And Esau sayde: I haue ynough my brother kepe that thou hast vnto thy silf.
10 Iacob answered: oh nay but yf I haue founde grace in thy syghte receaue my preaset of my hade: for I haue sene thy face as though I had sene ye face of God: wherfore receaue me to grace 11 and take my blessynge that I haue brought the for God hath geuen it me frely. And I haue ynough of all thynges. And so he compelled him to take it. 12 And he sayde: let us take oure iourney and goo and I will goo in thy copany. 13 And he sayde vnto him: my lorde knoweth that I haue tendre childern ewes and kyne with yonge vnder myne hande which yf men shulde ouerdryue but euen one daye the hole flocke wolde dye. 14 Let my lorde therfore goo before his servaunte and I will dryue fayre and softly accordynge as the catell that goth before me and the childern be able to endure: vntill I come to mi lorde vnto Seir. 15 And Esau sayde: let me yet leaue some of my folke with the. And he sayde: what neadeth it? let me fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde 16 So Esau went his waye agayne yt same daye vnto Seir. 17 And Iacob toke his iourney toward Sucoth and bylt him an house and made boothes for his catell: wherof the name of the place is called Sucoth. 18 And Iacob went to Salem to ye cytie of Sichem in the lande of Canaa after that he was come from Mesopotamia and pitched before the cyte 19 and bought a parcell of ground where he pitched his tent of the childern of Hemor Sichems father for an hundred lambes. 20 And he made there an aulter and there called vpon the myghtie God of Israell. Chapter 34 1 Dina the doughter of Lea which she bare vnto Iacob went out to see the doughters of the lande. 2 And Siche the sonne of Hemor the Heuite lorde of the countre sawe her and toke her and laye with her and forced her: 3 and his harte laye vnto Dina ye doughter of Iacob. And he loued yt damsell and spake kidly vnto her 4 and spake vnto his father Hemor saynge gett me this mayde vnto my wyfe. 5 And Iacob herde that he had defyled Dina his doughter but his sonnes were with the catell in the felde and therfore he helde his peace vntill they were come. 6 Then Hemor the father of Sichem went out vnto Iacob to come with him. 7 And the sonnes of Iacob came out of the felde as soone as they herde it for it greued them and they were not a litle wrooth because he had wrought folie in Israell in that he had lyen with Iacobs doughter which thinge oughte not to be done. 8 And Hemor comened with the sainge? the soule of my sonne Siche logeth for youre doughter geue her him to wyfe 9 and make mariages with vs: geue youre doughters vnto vs ad take oure doughters vnto you 10 and dwell with vs and the lande shall be at youre pleasure dwell and do youre busynes and haue youre possessions there in. 11 And Sichem sayde vnto hyr father and hir brethern: let me fynde grace in youre eyes and what soeuer ye apoynte me that will I geue. 12 Axe frely of me both the dowry and gyftes and I will geue acordynge as ye saye vnto me and geue me the damsell to wyfe. 13 Then the sonnes of Iacob answered to Sichem ad Hemor his father deceytefully because he had defyled Dina their syster.