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Wycliffe's English Translation (1388)
Wyc
The First Book of Clement
1Clem
[1]And the lot, `ethir part, of the sones of Joseph felde fro Jordan ayens Jerico, and at the watris therof, fro the eest; is the wildirnesse, that stieth fro Jerico to the hil of Bethel, [No book]
[2]and it goith out fro Bethel `in to Luzan, and passith the terme of Architaroth, [No book]
[3]and it goith doun to the west, bisidis the terme of Jefleti, `til to the termes of the lowere Bethoron, and of Gazer; and the cuntrees therof ben endid with the greet see, [No book]
[4]whiche cuntreis Manasses and Effraym, the sones of Joseph, weldiden. [No book]
[5]And the terme of the sones of Effraym, bi her meynees, and `the possessioun of hem was maad ayens the eest, Accarothaddar `til to the hiyere Bethoron. [No book]
[6]And the coostis goon out in to the see; sotheli Mathmetath biholdith the north, and cumpassith the termes ayens the eest in Tharnarselo, [No book]
[7]and passith fro the stronde of Janee; and it goith doun fro Janee in to Atharoth and Noathara, and cometh in to Jerico; and it goith out to Jordan fro Taphua, [No book]
[8]and passith ayens the see in to the valey of `the place of rehedis; and the goyngis out therof ben to the salteste see. This is the possessioun of the sones of Effraym, bi her meynees; [No book]
[9]and citees and the townes of tho ben departid to the sones of Effraym, in the myddis of the possessioun of the sones of Manasses. [No book]
[10]And the sones of Effraym killiden not Cananey, that dwellide in Gazer; and Cananey dwellide tributarie in the myddis of Effraym til in to this day. [No book]
Author: John Wycliffe (1328 – 1384)
Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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