"fader derer," q_u_að pharaon, "hu fele ger be ðe on?" 2400 and tells him of his age, "An hundred ger and .xxx. mo Haue ic her drogen i_n_ werlde wo, ðog ðinkeð me ðor-offen fo, of his many sorrows, ðog ic iſ haue drogen i_n_ wo, 2404 ſiðen ic gan on werlde ben, Her vten erd, man-kin bi-twen; So ðinked[226] eu_er_ilc wiſ man, and how all suffer for the sin of Adam. ðe wot q_u_or-of man-kin bi-gan, 2408 And ðe of adames gilte muneð, ðat he her uten herdes wuneð." Pharaoh bad him rest in peace. Pharaon bad him wurðen wel in ſofte reſte and ſeli mel; 2412 He and hiſe ſunes in reſte dede In lond gerſen, on ſundri ſtede; Siðen ðor waſ mad on ſcité, ðe waſ y-oten Rameſé. 2416 Jacob lived one hundred and forty-four years. Iacob on liue wunede ðor In reſte fulle .xiiij. ger; God showed him the time of his death. And god him let bi-foren ſen Q_u_ilc time hiſe ending ſulde ben; 2420 [Fol. 47b.] Jacob bad Joseph promise He bad ioſep hiſe leue ſune, On ðhing ðat[227] offe wel mune, ðat q_u_an it wurð mid him don, to bury him in Hebron, He ſulde him birien in ebron; 2424 And witterlike he it aueð hi_m_ ſeid, where Abraham was laid, ðe ſtede ðor abraham was leid; So was him lif[228] to wurðen leid, Q_u_uor ali gast ſtille hadde ſeid 2428 and his elders before him. Him and hiſe eldere(.) fer ear bi-foren, Q_u_uor ieſu criſt wulde ben boren, And q_u_uor ben dead, and q_u_uor ben grauen; He ðogt wið hem reſte to hauen. 2432 Joseph swore to do as his father wished. Ioſep ſwor him al-ſo he bad, And he ðor-of wurð bliðe & glad. [226] ðinkeð? [227] ðar? [228] lef? THE DEATH OF JACOB. Before he died Jacob called his sons before him, and "said what of them should be."