And Isaac was a comĩge from the well of y^e lyvynge & seynge/ for he
dwelt in the south cõtre/ & was gone out to walke in his meditatiõs
before y^e euẽ tyde. And he lyfte vp his eyes & loked/ & beholde y^e
camels were cominge. And Rebecca lyfte vp hir eyes/ & whẽ she sawe
Isaac/ she lyghted of the camel ãd sayde vnto y^e servaunte: what mã
is this y^t cometh agenst vs in the feld? And the servaũte sayde: it
is my master. And then she toke hir mantell ãd put it aboute her. And
the servaũte tolde Isaac all that he had done. Thẽ Isaac broughte her
in to his mother Saras tente/ ãd toke Rebecca & she became his wife/ &
he loved her: & so was Isaac cõforted over his mother.
The .xxv. Chapter
Abrahã toke hĩ another wyfe cald Ketura/ which bare hĩ Simram/
Iacksan/ Medan/ Midiã Iesback & Suah. And Iacksan begat Seba & Dedã.
And the sonnes of Dedan were Assurim/ Letusim & Leumim. And the sonnes
of Midian were Epha/ Epher/ Hanoch/ Abida & Elda. All these were the
childern of Kethura. But Abrahã gaue all that he had vnto Isaac. And
vnto the sonnes of his concubines he gaue giftes/ and sent them awaye
from Isaac his sonne (while he yet lyved) east ward/ vnto the east
contre.
These are the dayes of the life of Abrahã which he lyved: an hũdred &
.lxxv. yere and than fell seke ãd dyed/ in a lustie age (whẽ he had
lyved ynough) ãd was put vnto his people. And his sonnes Isaac ãd
Ismael buried him in the duble caue in the feld of Ephrõ sõne of Zoar
the Hethite before Mamre. Which felde abrahã boughte of the sonnes of
Heth: There was Abrahã buried and Sara hys wyfe. And after y^e deeth
of Abrahã God blessed Isaac his sonne which dweld by the well of the
lyvĩnge & seĩge
These are the generatiõs of Ismael Abrahãs sonne/ which Hagar the
Egiptiã Saras hand mayde bare vnto Abraham. And these are the names of
the sõnes of Ismaell/ with their names in their kĩreddes. The eldest
sõne of Ismael Neuatoth/ thẽ Kedar/ Adbeel/ Mibsã/ Misma Duma/ Masa/
Hadar/ Thema/ Ietur/ Naphis & Kedma. These are the sõnes of Ismael/
and these are their names/ in their townes and castels .xij. princes
of natiõs. And these are the yeres of the lyfe of Ismael: an hũdred
and .xxxvij yere/ & than he fell seke & dyed & was layde vnto his
people. And he dweld from Euila vnto Sur y^t is before Egypte/ as men
go toward the Assiriãs. And he dyed in the presence of all his
brethren.
And these are the generatiõs of Isaac Abrahãs sonne: Abrahã begat
Isaac. And Isaac was .xl. yere olde whẽ he toke Rebecca to wyfe the
doughter of Bethuel the Sirian of Mesopotamia & sister to Iaban the
Sirian.
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