Kedar gave name to a kingdom. Of hiſ oðer ſune cedar, A ku[n]griche hiſ name bar; From Dumah came the kingdom of Dirima. And of duma hiſ ſexte ſune, A ku[n]gdom dirima ðu mune; 1260 Hiſ .ix. waſ tema for-ðan, Teman gets its name from Tema. Iſ ðor a ku[n]glond teman; And .xii. of ðe cedima, Het a guglond[151] eſten fro ða. 1264 Flemd waſ agar and yſmael, and yſaac wex and ðehg wol wel. Abimelech makes a covenant with Abraham, Abimalech ſag abraham, Hu welðe him wex and migte cam, 1268 He bad him maken ſiker pligt Of luue and trewðe, in frendeſ rigt, [150] _w_ MS. [151] _read_ kunglond AND GIVES HIM THE WELL OF BEERSHEBA. ðat ne ſulde him nogwer deren, Oc him and hiſe helpen and weren; 1272 and gives him the well of Beersheba. He gaf hi_m_ a welle and a lond fre, Abraham it clepede berſabe; ðor ben he boðen feren pligt ðat here neiðer ſal don oðer un-rigt. 1276 [Fol. 25b.] Abraham gan ðor longe ben, And tillede corn and ſette treen, Abraham left the land much richer than he found it. ðog [it] waſ nogt iſ kinde lond; Richere he it leet ðan he it fond. 1280 Iff ioſephus ne legeð me, ðor q_u_iles he wunede in berſabe, When Isaac was twenty-five years old, ſo waſ yſaaceſ eld told xx. and fiwe winter old; 1284 God's word came to Abraham,— ðo herde abraha_m_ ſteuene fro gode, Newe tiding, and ſelkuð bode:— "Take Isaac thy son, "Tac ðin ſune yſaac in hond, And far wið him to ſiðhingeſ lond, 1288 and offer him on a hill that I shall show thee." And ðor ðu ſalt him offren me On an hil ðor ic ſal taunen ðe." fro berſabe iurneſ two Waſ ðat lond ðat he bed him two;[152] 1292 Moriah that hill was called. And morie, men ſeið, waſ ðat hil, ðat god him tawne[de] i_n_ his wil;