I am the LORde God of Abraham thi father and the God of Isaac: The
londe which thou slepest apon will I geue the and thy seed. And thy
seed shalbe as the dust of the erth: And thou shalt spreade abrode:
west/ east/ north and south. And thorow the and thy seed shall all the
kynreddes of the erth be blessed. And se I am with the/ and wylbe thy
keper in all places whother thou goost/ & wyll brynge y^e agayne in to
this lande: Nether will I leaue the vntill I haue made good/ all that
I haue promysed the.
When Iacob was awaked out of his slepe/ he sayde: surely the LORde is
in this place/ ãd I was not aware. And he was afrayde & sayde how
fearfull is this place? it is none other/ but euen the house of God
and the gate of heauẽ. And Iacob stode vp early in the mornynge and
toke the stone that he had layde vnder his heade/ and pitched it vp an
ende and poured oyle on the topp of it. And he called the name of the
place Bethell/ for in dede the name of the citie was called Lus before
tyme.
And Iacob vowed a vowe saynge: Yf God will be with me and wyll kepe me
in this iourney which I goo and will geue me bread to eate and
cloothes to put on/ so that I come agayne vnto my fathers house in
saftie: then shall the LORde be my God/ and this stone which I haue
sett vp an ende/ shalbe godes house/ And of all that thou shalt geue
me/ will I geue the tenth vnto the.
¶ The .xxix. Chapter.
Then Iacob lyfte vp his fete & wẽt toward the east countre. And as he
loked aboute/ behold there was a well in the feld/ and .iij. flockes
of shepe laye therby (for at that well were the flockes watered) &
there laye a great stone at the well mouth And the maner was to brynge
the flockes thyther/ & to roull the stone frõ the welles mouth and to
water the shepe/ and to put the stone agayne vppon the wells mouth
vnto his place.
And Iacob sayde vnto thẽ: brethern/ whẽce be ye? and they sayde: of
Haran ar we. And he sayde vnto thẽ: knowe ye Laban the sonne of Nahor.
And they sayde: we knowe him. And he sayde vnto thẽ: is he in good
health? And they sayde: he is in good health: and beholde/ his
doughter Rahel cometh with y^e shepe. And he sayde: lo/ it is yet a
great whyle to nyghte/ nether is it tyme y^t the catell shulde be
gathered together: water the shepe and goo and fede thẽ. And they
sayde: we maye not/ vntill all y^e flockes be brought together & the
stone be roulled frõ the wells mouth/ and so we water oure shepe.
Whyle he yet talked with thẽ/ Rahel came with hir fathers shepe/ for
she kepte them. As soone As Iacob sawe Rahel/ the doughter of Laban
his mothers brother/ and the shepe of Laban his mothers brother/ he
went and rowled the stone frõ the wells mouth/ and watered the shepe
of Labã his mothers brother And Iacob kyssed Rahel/ and lyfte vp his
voyce and wepte: and tolde her also y^t he was hir fathers brother and
Rebeccas sonne. Thẽ Rahel ranne and tolde hir father.
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