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| [1]Quæ postquam gesta sunt, tentavit Deus Abraham, et dixit ad eum: Abraham, Abraham. At ille respondit: Adsum. |
[1]And aftir that these thingis weren don, God assaiede Abraham, and seide to hym, Abraham! Abraham! He answerde, Y am present. |
| [2]Ait illi: Tolle filium tuum unigenitum, quem diligis, Isaac, et vade in terram visionis, atque ibi offeres eum in holocaustum super unum montium quem monstravero tibi. |
[2]God seide to him, Take thi `sone oon gendrid, whom thou louest, Ysaac; and go into the lond of visioun, and offre thou hym there in to brent sacrifice, on oon of the hillis whiche Y schal schewe to thee. |
| [3]Igitur Abraham de nocte consurgens, stravit asinum suum, ducens secum duos juvenes, et Isaac filium suum: cumque concidisset ligna in holocaustum, abiit ad locum quem præceperat ei Deus. |
[3]Therfor Abraham roos bi niyt, and sadlide his asse, and ledde with hym twey yonge men, and Ysaac his sone; and whanne he hadde hewe trees in to brent sacrifice, he yede to the place which God hadde comaundid to him. |
| [4]Die autem tertio, elevatis oculis, vidit locum procul: |
[4]Forsothe in the thridde dai he reiside hise iyen, and seiy a place afer; |
| [5]dixitque ad pueros suos: Expectate hic cum asino: ego et puer illuc usque properantes, postquam adoraverimus, revertemur ad vos. |
[5]and he seide to hise children, Abide ye here with the asse, Y and the child schulen go thidur; and aftir that we han worschipid, we schulen turne ayen to you. |
| [6]Tulit quoque ligna holocausti, et imposuit super Isaac filium suum: ipse vero portabat in manibus ignem et gladium. Cumque duo pergerent simul, |
[6]And he took the trees of brent sacrifice, and puttide on Ysaac his sone; forsothe he bar fier, and a swerd in hise hondis. And whanne thei tweyne yeden togidere, Isaac seide to his fadir, My fadir! |
| [7]dixit Isaac patri suo: Pater mi. At ille respondit: Quid vis, fili? Ecce, inquit, ignis et ligna: ubi est victima holocausti? |
[7]And he answerde, What wolt thou, sone? He seide, Lo! fier and trees, where is the beeste of brent sacrifice? |
| [8]Dixit autem Abraham: Deus providebit sibi victimam holocausti, fili mi. Pergebant ergo pariter. |
[8]Abraham seide, My sone, God schal puruey to hym the beeste of brent sacrifice. |
| [9]Et venerunt ad locum quem ostenderat ei Deus, in quo ædificavit altare, et desuper ligna composuit; cumque alligasset Isaac filium suum, posuit eum in altare super struem lignorum. |
[9]Therfor thei yeden to gidere, and camen to the place whiche God hadde schewid to hym, in which place Abraham bildide an auter, and dresside trees a boue; and whanne he hadde bounde to gidere Ysaac, his sone, he puttide Ysaac in the auter, on the heep of trees. |
| [10]Extenditque manum, et arripuit gladium, ut immolaret filium suum. |
[10]And he helde forth his hond, and took the swerd to sacrifice his sone. |
| [11]Et ecce angelus Domini de cælo clamavit, dicens: Abraham, Abraham. Qui respondit: Adsum. |
[11]And lo! an aungel of the Lord criede fro heuene, and seide, Abraham! Abraham! |
| [12]Dixitque ei: Non extendas manum tuam super puerum, neque facias illi quidquam: nunc cognovi quod times Deum, et non pepercisti unigenito filio tuo propter me. |
[12]Which answerde, I am present. And the aungel seide to hym, Holde thou not forth thin honde on the child, nether do thou ony thing to him; now Y haue knowe that thou dredist God, and sparidist not thin oon gendrid sone for me. |
| [13]Levavit Abraham oculos suos, viditque post tergum arietem inter vepres hærentem cornibus, quem assumens obtulit holocaustum pro filio. |
[13]Abraham reiside hise iyen, and he seiy `bihynde his bak a ram cleuynge bi hornes among breris, which he took, and offride brent sacrifice for the sone. |
| [14]Appellavitque nomen loci illius, Dominus videt. Unde usque hodie dicitur: In monte Dominus videbit. |
[14]And he clepide the name of that place, The Lord seeth; wherfore it is seyd, til to dai, The Lord schal see in the hil. |
| [15]Vocavit autem angelus Domini Abraham secundo de cælo, dicens: |
[15]Forsothe the aungel of the Lord clepide Abraham the secounde tyme fro heuene, |
| [16]Per memetipsum juravi, dicit Dominus: quia fecisti hanc rem, et non pepercisti filio tuo unigenito propter me: |
[16]and seide, The Lord seith, Y haue swore bi my silf, for thou hast do this thing, and hast not sparid thin oon gendrid for me, |
| [17]benedicam tibi, et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas cæli, et velut arenam quæ est in littore maris: possidebit semen tuum portas inimicorum suorum, |
[17]Y schal blesse thee, and Y schal multiplie thi seed as the sterris of heuene, and as grauel which is in the brynk of the see; thi seed schal gete the yatis of hise enemyes; |
| [18]et benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gentes terræ, quia obedisti voci meæ. |
[18]and alle the folkis of erthe schulen be blessid in thi seed, for thou obeiedist to my vois. |
| [19]Reversus est Abraham ad pueros suos, abieruntque Bersabee simul, et habitavit ibi. |
[19]Abraham turnede ayen to hise children, and thei yeden to Bersabee to gidere, and he dwellide there. |
| [20]His ita gestis, nuntiatum est Abrahæ quod Melcha quoque genuisset filios Nachor fratri suo: |
[20]And so whanne these thingis weren don, it was teld to Abraham that also Melcha hadde bore sones to Nachor his brother; |
| [21]Hus primogenitum, et Buz fratrem ejus, et Camuel patrem Syrorum, |
[21]Hus the firste gendrid, and Buz his brothir, and Chamuhel the fadir of Sireis, |
| [22]et Cased, et Azau, Pheldas quoque et Jedlaph, |
[22]and Cased, and Asan, and Feldas, |
| [23]ac Bathuel, de quo nata est Rebecca: octo istos genuit Melcha, Nachor fratri Abrahæ. |
[23]and Jedlaf, and Batuhel, of whom Rebecca was borun; Melcha childide these eiyte to Nachor brother of Abraham. |
| [24]Concubina vero illius, nomine Roma, peperit Tabee, et Gaham, et Thahas, et Maacha. |
[24]Forsothe his concubyn, Roma bi name, childide Thabee, and Gaon, and Thaas, and Maacha. |