The Story of Genesis and Exodus: An Early English Song, about 1250 A.D.
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The Story of Genesis and Exodus: An Early English Song, about 1250 A.D.
Bible. Exodus -- History of Biblical events -- Poetry; Bible. Genesis -- History of Biblical events -- Poetry; Christian poetry, English (Middle)
The Israelites
numbered
600,000 men.
ðe tabernacle ðor[286]-wið wurð[287] wrogt;
He woren ſexe hundred ðhuſent men,
wið-vten childre and wimmen; 3176
Al erf-kin hauen he ut-led,
Egipte folc hem hauen ut-ſped.
Moses thought of
the oath sworn to
Joseph.
Almost redi waſ here fare,
moyſes bi-ðogt him ful gare 3180
Of ðat ðe iſ kin haueð ſworen,
Joseph's grave
could not be
found.
Ioſepes bones ſulen ben boren;
[281] MS. wid.
[282] MS. dat.
[283] caught.
[284] MS. haued.
[285] MS. ſruð.
[286] MS. dor.
[287] MS. wurd.
THE ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT.
Oc ðe ail haueð[288] ſo wide ſpiled,
ðat hiſ graue iſ ðor vnder hiled, 3184
A golden rod
with the name
of God upon it
was laid upon
the flood.
On an gold gad ðe name god
Iſ grauen, and leid up-on ðe flod;
Moses followed
its course, and
thus discovered
the grave.
Moyſes it folwede ðider it flet,
And ſtod ðor ðe graue under let; 3188
ðor he doluen, and hauen ſogt,
And funden, and hauen up-brogt
ðe bones ut of ðe erðe wroken,
Some of the bones
were whole and
some broken.
Su_m_me hole, & ſu_m_me broken; 3192
He dede iſ binden & faire loken
Alle ðe bones ðe he ðor token.
When Israel left
Egypt there was
an earthquake.
Q_u_ane he geden egipte fro,
It wurð erðe-dine, and fellen ðo 3196
Many temples
fell down.
fele chirches and ideles mide,
Miracle it was ðat god ðor dede.
[Fol. 62b.]
Seven score years
were gone since
Joseph was
buried.
Gon woren .vii. ſcore ger
Siðen[289] ioſep waſ doluen ðer;[290] 3200
And .xxiii. ſcore fro ðan
ðat god it ſpac wið[291] abrah_ra_m.
The Israelites
journey from Rameses
to Succoth.
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