Abraham drew out his sword to slay his son, but an angel forbad him to harm the child. And abraha_m_ ðat ſwerd ut-drog, And waſ redi to ſlon hi_m_ nuge,[154] 1328 [Fol. 26b.] Oc angel it him for-bed, And barg ðe child fro ðe dead; ðo wurð abraha_m_ frigti fagen, for yſaac bi-leaf un-ſlagen; 1332 Bi-aften bak, aſ he nam kep, A ram is offered instead of Isaac. faſte in ðornes he ſag a ſep, ðat an angel ðor-inne dede; It waſ brent on yſaac ſtede. 1336 Ere Abraham departed God swore to him that his seed should inherit the land. And, or abraham ðeðen for, God hi_m_ ðor bi hi_m_-ſeluen ſwor ðat he ſal michil hiſ kinde maken, And ðat lond he_m_ to honde taken; 1340 Good ſelðhe ſal him cumen on, for he ðiſ dede wulde don. [154] _read_ nog? ELIEZER IS SENT TO MESOPOTAMIA. Abraham went home joyful and glad. He wente bliðe and fagen agen, To berſabe he gunne teen, 1344 Sarra waſ fagen in kindes wune, ðat [hire][155] bilef ðat dere ſune. While at Beersheba he heard good tidings of Nahor. Ðor q_u_iles abraham wunede ðor, Him cam good tiding of nachor, 1348 ðat melca bar him egte ſunen; Huz was Nahor's first-born. Huſ waſ eldeſt, if we rigt munen. Job came of his kin. Rigt-wiſ iob cam of hiſ kin, Hus lond he waſ riche wid-hin;[156] 1352 Of Buz came the Buzites, Eliv and Balaam. Of[157] buz, hiſ broðeres kin, cam Buzites, Eliv, Balaam. [Fol. 27.] Abraham went again to Mamre. Abraham, riche of welðe and wale, wente a-gen in to manbre dale; 1356 Sarah died being 127 years old. Sarra ðo ſtarf, an hundred ger old And ſeuene and .xx. winter told. Abraham sent Eliezer to Mesopotamia,