Than came Abimelech to him frõ Gerar & Ahusath his frende and Phicol
his chefe captayne. And Isaac sayde vnto thẽ: wherfore come ye to me/
seĩge ye hate me & haue put me awaye frõ you? Than sayde they: we sawe
that the LORde was with the/ and therfore we sayde that there shulde
be an oothe betwixte vs ãd the/ & that we wolde make a bonde with the:
y^t thou shuldeste do vs no hurte/ as we haue not touched the and haue
done vnto the nothinge but good/ and sẽd the awaye in peace: for thou
art now the blessed of the LORde. And he made thẽ a feast/ and they
ate ãd drõke. And they rose vp by tymes in the mornynge and sware one
to another. And Isaac sent thẽ awaye. And they departed from him in
peace.
And y^t same daye came Isaacs servaũtes & tolde hĩ of a well which
they had dygged: & sayde vnto hĩ/ that thei had founde water. And he
called it Seba/ wherfore the name of the cyte is called Berseba vnto
this daye.
The .xxvij. Chapter.
When Esau was .xl. yere olde/ he toke to wyfe Iudith the doughter of
Bery an Hethite/ and Basmath the doughter of Elon an Hethite also/
which were dishobedient vnto Isaac and Rebecca. And it came to passe
that Isaac wexed olde & his eyes were dymme/ so that he coude nat see.
Thã called he Esau his eldest sonne & sayde vnto him: mi sonne. And he
sayde vnto hym: heare am I. And he sayde: beholde/ I am olde ãd knowe
not the daye of mi deth: Now therfore take thi weapẽs/ thy quiver &
thi bowe/ & gett the to the feldes & take me some venyson & make me
meate such as I loue/ & brynge it me & let me eat that my soull may
blesse the before that I dye:
But Rebecca hard whẽ Isaac spake to Esau his sonne. And as soone as
Esau was gone to the felde to catche venyson & to brĩge it/ she spake
vnto Iacob hir sonne sainge: Behold I haue herde thi father talkinge
with Esau thy brother & saynge: bringe me venyson & make me meate that
I maye eate & blesse the before the LORde yer I dye. Now therfore my
sonne heare my voyce in that which I cõmaunde the: gett the to the
flocke/ & bringe me thẽce .ij. good kiddes/ & I will make meate of thẽ
for thi father/ soch as he loueth. And thou shalt brĩge it to thi
father & he shal eate/ y^t he maye blysse the before his deth
Than sayde Iacob to Rebecca his mother. Beholde Esau mi brother is
rugh & I am smooth. Mi father shal peraduẽture fele me/ ãd I shal seme
vnto hĩ as though I wẽt aboute to begyle hĩ/ & so shall he brĩge a
curse vpõ me & not a blessĩge: & his mother saide vnto him. Vppõ me be
thi curse my sonne/ only heare my voyce & goo and fetch me them. And
Iacob went ãd fett them and brought them to his mother.
And his mother made meate of them accordinge as his father loued And
she went and fett goodly rayment of her eldest sonne Esau which she
had in the house with hir/ and put them vpon Iacob hir yongest sonne/
ãd she put the skynnes vpon his hãdes & apon the smooth of his necke.
And she put y^e meate & brede which she had made in the hõde of hir
sonne Iacob
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