Wið him ledde he nachor, melcam, Sarray, loth, and abram. [Fol. 15.] Tho[122] hundred ger and fifue mo, Terah died when he was two hundred and five years old. Thare waſ old, ſtarf he ðo. 732 Tereſ gliden for herteſ ſor fro loth, and abram, and nachor; He lies buried in Haran. Thare lið biried in aram. [121] _read_ burg [122] _read_ two ABRAM REACHES CANAAN. HE GOES TO EGYPT. God ſeide wurd to abram:— 736 God then commanded Abram to leave Haran. "Abram, ðu fare ut of lond and kin To a lond ic ðe ſal bringen hin." Sex ger and fiftene mo, Adde Abram on iſ elde ðo. 740 He departed, taking with him Lot and Sarai. Abram tok loth wið ſarray, Hiſe agte, and erue he ledde hi_m_ bi, For in to lond cananeam, First he came to Sichem, And i_n_-to ſichem, a burgt, he nam, 744 And ðeðen he nam to mirie dale; fif burgeſ were ðor-inne bi tale, and afterwards to Pentapolis (the five cities of the plain), ðer-fore it higte pentapolis, Of weledeſ[123] fulſum and of bliſ, 748 Nov iſt a water of loðlic ble, where now stands the Dead Sea. Men callið it ðe dede ſe; Ilc ðing deieð ðor-inne iſ driuen; Ne may no fiſ ðor-inne liuen; 752 The cities were destroyed for man's sin. for mannes ſinne ðus it iſ went, brent wið brimfir, ſunken and ſhent. God q_u_ad to abra_m_, "al ðiſ lond ſal cumen i_n_ to iſ kinneſ hond." 756 [Fol. 15b.] ðor god him taunede, made hab_ra_m An alter, and fro ðeðen he nam. Abram raised an altar between Bethel and Ai. An oðer alter abram ſeli Made bi-twen betel and ai. 760 Damascus was the third place where Abram dwelt. At damaſke iſ ðe ðridde ſtede, Quer abram iſ bigging dede, And ðeden for he, for hunger bond,