Here fader, ðat he ne[143] wore ðor gon; 1148 Wið wineſ drinc he wenten iſ ðhogt, So ðat he haueð ðe dede wrogt, And on eiðer here a knaue bi-geten, ðiſ ne mai nogt ben for-geten. 1152 ðiſ maidenes deden it in god dhogt,[144] ðe fader oc drunken ne wiſte he it nogt. The first bore Moab, the other Ammon. ðe firſte him bar moab ðat ſune, Of him beð folc, [in] moab it wune; 1156 ðe leſſe him bar a ſune amon, Amonit folces fader on. Now turn we to Abraham. NV bi-oueð uſ to wenden a-gen, And of abrah_a_m ſong under-gon. 1160 On the morrow he looked toward Sodom, Abraha_m_ up on morgen ſtod, Wið reuli lote and frigti mod; [142] MS. ſono. [143] MS. hene. [144] _read_ ðogt. ABRAHAM DWELLS IN GERAR. and saw that the city had been destroyed. To-ward ſodome he ſag ðe roke And ðe brinfires ſtinken[145] ſmoke, 1164 For sorrow he left Mamre's dale And wente a-wei fro mambre dale, So ſore him reu of ðat bale. and went and abode in Gerar. Suðen he wente & wunede i_n_ geraris, bi-twen cade and vr, y-wis; 1168 There he said Sarah was his sister. ðor he ſeide eft, for luue of lif, ðat ſiſter wore ſarra his wif. Q_u_ilu_m_ of[146] er [147]pharraon hire toc, Nu takeð abimalech hire oc; 1172 [Fol. 23b.] Abimelech took her to wife. Sene it was ðat ghe waſ fair wif, Quan ghe waſ luued in ſo long lif. Abimalech wurð ſek on-on, Sickness fell on him and on his folk. And oðer wreche iſ folc cam on; 1176 Nogt wif-kinnes non birðe ne nam, ðor q_u_iles he ðor wið-helð ſaram. On dreme him cam tidi_n_g for-q_u_at The cause of this evil was made known to him in a dream. He ðrowede and ðolede un-timing ðat; 1180 Al it waſ for abraham-iſ wif, ðat he hire held ðor wið ſtrif; ðo bi-ðhogte him ful wel, And ſente after abraha_m_ ðat ilc ſel, 1184 He sent back Sarah,