A great and bright fire he saw glide down between the pieces. A michel fier he ſag, and an brigt, gliden ðor twen ðo doles rigt. 952 In a dream God showed Abram the future condition of his descendants. God ſeide him ðor a ſoðe drem ðe timinge of iſ beren-tem, And hu he ſulde in pine ben, And uten erdes ſorge ſen; 956 fowre hundred ger ſulden ben gon, Canaan is promised as his inheritance. Hor he ſulden wel cumen a-gon, oc ſiðen ſulde in here hond, bi-cumen ðat hotene lond. 960 Then knew Abram much more of what was to come than he ever knew before. ðo wiſte abram wel michel mor Quat waſ to cumen ðan he wiſte or. Sarai, being barren, gives Hagar to Abram. Siðen bi-fel ðat ſarrai, for ghe waſ longe untuderi, 964 [Fol. 19b.] Ghe bitagte abre maiden agar; Ghe wurð wið childe and hem two bar; forð ſiðen ghe bi ab_ra_m ſlep, Hagar having conceived, despised her mistress. Of hire leuedi nam ghe no kep; 968 And ſarrai wuldet nogt ðolen ðat agar wore ðuſ to-bolen; Sarai afflicts her thrall. Ghe held hire hard in ðralleſ wune, And dede hire ſorge and anger mune; 972 Hagar flees from Sarai into the desert homeless and weary. ðo fleg agar fro ſarray, wimman wið childe, one and ſori, In ðe diſerd, wil and weri, And an angel cam ðor hire bi, 976 wiſte hire drogen ſori for ðriſt, An angel commands her to return and be buxom to her lady. At a welle q_ue_mede hire liſt, And bad hire ſone wenden agen, And to hire leuedi buxum ben; 980 He tells her of her child. And ſeide ghe ſulde ſunen wel And timen, and clepen it ſmael,[136] [136] A metrical licence for "iſmael."