Abraham ſente eliezer to lond meſopotanie fer, 1360 To caram ðor iſ fader lay, (Or he cam ðor waſ manie day) to fetch a wife for Isaac. To fechen yſaac hom a wif, Of hiſ kinde ðe ðor waſ in lif. 1364 Ten camels he took with him. Ten kameles ſemeð[158] forð he nam, Eliezer came to a well without the city. Wið michel ſwinc he ðider cam At a welle wið-uten ðe tun; ðor he leide hiſe ſemes dun, 1368 He there prayed to God to send him good speed. ðor he wulde him reſten and ben, Sum good tiding heren or ſen. "Lou_er_d god," q_u_að he mildelike, "min erdne ðu forðe ſelðhelike, 1372 ðiſ dai me lene hire to ſen, ðat ſal yſaaces leman ben." He offered his prayer in a good time. He bad hiſe bede on good ſel. Rebecca, bi-geten of batuel, 1376 [155] MS. hire is written over in the later hand. [156] _read_ wið-hin [157] MS. "Ob." [158] _read_ ſemede? ELIEZER MEETS WITH REBEKAH. Rebekah came to that well, Of nachor bi-geten, of melca boren, Cam to ðat welle ðor him bi-foren, and she gave him and his camel water to drink. And hi_m_ and ilc-on his kamel Wið watres drinc ghe q_ue_mede wel. 1380 [Fol. 27b.] Oðere maidenes wið hire cumen, Ne wor nogt ſo forð ðeuwe numen. Eliezer learned that she was of the family of Nahor. Eliezer lerede ðor ðat batuel cam of nachor; 1384 Of batuel ðis maiden cam ghe waſ forð nifte of abraha_m_; Thought he, this maiden will I have as a wife for Isaac. ðogte he, ðiſ maiden wile ic hauen And to min lou_er_des bofte bi-crauen;[159] 1388 for kindes luue he waſ hire hold, He gave her ear-rings and bracelets of gold. Wið beges and ringes boðen of gold, Aſkede here if ghe migte taken Herberge for hire frendes ſake[n]. 1392 Maiden rebecca ðanne ran, And kiddit to hire broðer laban,