Thus was idolatry introduced, by which many are destroyed. Ydolatrie ðuſ waſ boren, for q_u_uam mani man iſ for-loren. 696 Of ſem, and of ðe folc ðe of hi_m_ cam, luue and dred under gode nam; Of ðis kinge wil we leden ſong, [119] _read_ ðor [120] see l. 1623 ABRAM LEAVES MESOPOTAMIA. Cristes helpe be us amonge! 700 The family of Shem. Noe, ſem, arfaxath, ſale, Heber, phaleth, ðe ſexte iſ he, Reu, ſaruch, nacor, thare, ðiſ iſ ðe tende fro noe. 704 [Fol. 14b.] Ðis oðer werldes elde iſ ſo, A ðhuſent ger ſeuenti and two. The third age of the world began when Terah begat Abram. ðe ðridde werldeſ elde cam, Quanne thare bi-gat abram; 708 for he bi-gat a ſune aram, Nachor midleſt, laſt ab_ra_m; Haran begat Lot and Sarai and Milcah. Aram bi-gat loth, and ſarray, And melcham, and waſ ſort leui 712 They dwelt in Ur of the Chaldees. In lond caldea, hur hicte ðe tun, Q_u_or deades ſtrenge warp him dun; Much strife was there between father and brother, children and wife. ðor fader, and breðere, and childre, and wif, Him bi-ſtoden wið ſorwes ſtrif; 716 ðo ðogte thare on hiſ mod, Terah did not care to remain long in this town. long bigging iſ here nogt god. Nachor he gaf wif melcam, And trewe ſarray abram. 720 Abram having no children adopted Lot as his son. Q_ua_nne abram wurð wiſ and war ðat ſarray non childre ne bar, He toc him loth on ſunes ſtede; He waſ hiſe neve, wol wel he dede. 724 Terah left Ur and came to Haran in Mesopotamia. Thare let hur, and ðeðen he nam, And wulde to lond canahan, Cam i_n_to a burgt[121] ðat het aram, In londe meſopothaniam. 728 With him he took his sons and daughters.