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| [1]Yn the mene tyme the Lord spak to Jacob, Ryse thou, and stie to Bethel, and dwelle thou there, and make thou an auter to the Lord, that apperide to thee whanne thou fleddist Esau, thi brother. |
[1]And God sayd vnto Iacob: aryse, and get thee vp to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an aulter vnto God that appeared vnto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother |
| [2]Forsothe Jacob seide, whanne al his hous was clepid to gidere, Caste ye a wei alien goddis, that ben `in the myddis of you, and be ye clensid, and chaunge ye youre clothis; |
[2]Then sayde Iacob vnto his householde, and to all that were with hym: put away the straunge gods that are among you, and be cleane, and chaunge your garmentes |
| [3]rise ye, and stie we into Bethel, that we make there an auter to the Lord, which herde me in the dai of my tribulacioun, and was felowe of my weie. |
[3]For we wyll aryse and go vp to Bethel, and I wyll make an aulter there vnto God, whiche hearde me in the day of my affliction, and was with me in the way whiche I went |
| [4]Therfor thei yauen to hym alle alien goddis which thei hadden, and eere ryngis, that weren in `the eeris of hem; and he deluyde tho vndur a `tre, clepid therubynte, which is bihynde the citee of Sichem. |
[4]And they gaue vnto Iacob all the straunge gods whiche they had in their hand, and al their earinges which were in theyr eares, and Iacob hyd them vnder an oke whiche was by Sichem |
| [5]And whanne thei yeden, drede assailide alle men by cumpas of the citee, and thei weren not hardi to pursue hem goynge a wei. |
[5]And when they departed, the feare of God fel vpon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue the sonnes of Iacob |
| [6]Therfor Jacob cam to Lusa, which is in the lond of Canaan, bi `sire name Bethel, he and al his puple with hym. |
[6]So came Iacob to Luz, whiche is in the lande of Chanaan (the same is Bethel) he and all the people that was with him |
| [7]And he bildide there an auter to the Lord, and clepide the name of that place The hows of God, for God apperide there to hym, whanne he fledde his brothir. |
[7]And he builded there an aulter, and called the place, the God of Bethel, because that god appeared vnto him there when he fled fro the face of his brother |
| [8]Delbora, the nurische of Rebecca, diede in the same tyme, and sche was biried at the roote of Bethel, vndir an ook, and the name of the place was clepid The ook of wepyng. |
[8]But Debora Rebeccas nurse died, and was buryed beneath Bethel vnder an oke: and the name of it was called, the oke of lamentation |
| [9]Forsothe God apperide eft to Jacob, aftir that he turnede ayen fro Mesopotanye of Sirie, and cam into Bethel, and blesside hym, |
[9]And God appeared vnto Iacob agayne, after he came out of Mesopotamia, and blessed him |
| [10]and seide, Thou schalt no more be clepid Jacob, but Israel schal be thi name. And God clepide hym Israel, and seide to hym, |
[10]And God sayd vnto him: thy name is Iacob, notwithstanding thou shalt be no more called Iacob, but Israel shalbe thy name: & he called his name Israel |
| [11]Y am God Almyyti, encreesse thou, and be thou multiplied, folkis and puplis of naciouns schulen be of thee, kyngis schulen go out of thi leendis; |
[11]And God sayd vnto him: I am God almightie, be fruitefull and multiplie: a nation, and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, yea and kinges shall come out of thy loynes |
| [12]and Y shal yyue to thee, and to thi seed after thee, the lond which Y yaf to Abraham, and Ysaac. |
[12]And the lande which I gaue Abraham and Isahac, wil I geue vnto thee, and vnto thy seede after thee wyll I geue that lande also |
| [13]And God departide fro hym. |
[13]And so God departed from him, in the place where he had talked with him |
| [14]Forsothe Jacob reiside a title ether memorial of stoonys, in the place where ynne God spak to hym, and he sacrifiede ther onne fletynge sacrifices, and schedde out oile, |
[14]And Iacob set vp on ende in the place where he talked with him [euen] a stone set he vp on ende, & powred drinke offering theron, & powred also oyle theron |
| [15]and clepide the name of that place Bethel. |
[15]And Iacob called the name of the place where God spake with hym, Bethel |
| [16]Forsothe Jacob yede out fro thennus, and cam in the bigynnynge of somer to the lond that ledith to Effrata; in which lond whanne Rachel trauelide in child beryng, |
[16]And they departed from Bethel: and when he was but a fielde breadth from Ephrath, Rachel began to trauell, and in trauayling, she was in perill |
| [17]sche bigan to be in perel for the hardnesse of childberyng; and the medewijf seide to hir, Nyle thou drede, for thou schalt haue also this sone. |
[17]And as she was in paynes of her labour, the midwife saide vnto her: feare not, for this sonne is thyne also |
| [18]Forsothe while the soule yede out for sorew, and deeth neiyede thanne, she clepide the name of hir sone Bennony, that is, the sone of my sorewe; forsothe the fadir clepide hym Beniamyn, that is the sone of the riyt side. |
[18]Then as her soule was a departing (for she died) she called his name Benoni, but his father called hym Beniamin |
| [19]Therfor Rachel diede, and was biriede in the weie that ledith to Effrata, this is Bethleem. |
[19]And thus died Rachel, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, whiche is Bethlehem |
| [20]And Jacob bildide a title on the sepulcre of hir; this is the title of biriel of Rachel `til into present dai. |
[20]And Iacob set vp a stone on ende vpon her graue: whiche is called Rachels grauestone vnto this day |
| [21]Jacob yede fro thennus, and settide tabernacle ouer the tour of the flok. |
[21]And Israel went thence, and pitched his tent beyonde the towre of Eder |
| [22]And while he dwellide in that cuntrei, Ruben yede, and slepte with Bala, the secundarie wijf of his fadir, which thing was not hid fro hym. Forsothe the sones of Jacob weren twelue; |
[22]And as Israel dwelt in that land, Ruben went and lay with Bilha his fathers concubine: And it came to Israels eare. The sonnes of Iacob were twelue in number |
| [23]the sones of Lia weren, the firste gendrid Ruben, and Symeon, and Leuy, and Judas, and Isachar, and Zabulon; |
[23]The sonnes of Lea: Ruben Iacobs first borne sonne, and Simeon, & Leui, and Iuda, and Isachar, and Zabulon |
| [24]the sones of Rachel weren, Joseph and Beniamyn; |
[24]The sonnes of Rachel: Ioseph and Beniamin |
| [25]the sones of Bala, handmayde of Rachel, weren Dan, and Neptalym; |
[25]And the sonnes of Bilha Rachels handmayde: Dan and Nephthali |
| [26]the sones of Zelfa, handmayde of Lya, weren Gad, and Aser. These weren the sones of Jacob, that weren borun to hym in Mesopotanye of Sirie. |
[26]And the sonnes of Zilpha Leas handmayde: Gad and Aser: These are the sonnes of Iacob which were borne him in Mesopotamia |
| [27]Also Jacob came to Isaac, his fadir, in to Manbre, a citee Arabee, this is Ebron, in which Manbre Abraham `and Isaac was a pylgrym. |
[27]And so Iacob came vnto Isahac his father to Mamre, vnto Ciriath-arba, whiche is Hebron, where Abraham and Isahac dwelt |
| [28]And the daies of Isaac weren fillid an hundrid and foure scoore of yeris; |
[28]And the dayes of Isahac were an hundred and fourescore yeres |
| [29]and he was wastid in age, and diede, and he was put to his puple, and was eeld, and ful of daies; and Esau and Jacob his sones birieden hym. |
[29]And Isahac decayed away, and dyed, and was layde vnto his people, beyng olde and full of dayes: and his sonnes Esau and Iacob buryed him |