Quan he iuſted & beð ſo mat, Toc of kin ðe canaan bi-gat, For-ði he maked him ſtið & ſtrong, For he beð mengt ðat kin among; 1592 If iacob toke her alſo a wif, Ne bode ic no lengere werldeſ lif. Isaac blesses Jacob, Yſaac bad iacob hi_m_ garen, and sends him to Padan-aram. And forð ſwiðe to laban faren; 1596 Iacob liſtenede ðo frendes red, Fro berſabe he ferde wið ſped; Jacob went a long way about, Long weie he gan to-ward aram, bi cananeam forð he nam, 1600 in order to avoid the houses of the Canaanites. And wulde nogt ðat folc bi-twen Herberged in here huſes ben. At Luz he tarried all night. He lay bi luzan ut on nigt, A ſton under hiſe heued rigt, 1604 In a dream he saw a ladder reaching from earth to heaven, And ſlep and ſag, an ſoðe drem, fro ðe erðe up til heuene bem, A leddre ſtonden, and ðor-on angels ascending and descending, and the Lord stood above it. Angeles dun-cumen and up-gon, 1608 And ðe lou_er_d ðor uppe a-buuen Lened[174] ðor-on; and [Jacob] wurð ut-ſuuen, "I am," He said, "the God of Abraham and of Isaac; Herde ðat he q_u_ad, "god ic am ðe luued yſaac and abraham; 1612 this land will I give thee, and in thy seed shall all mankind be blessed." And ðis lond ic ſal giuen ðin ſed, And in ðis weige don ðe red; [Fol. 32.] And i ſal bringen ðe a-gen, And of ðin kinde bliſced ðu ſalt ben." 1616 [174] _read_ leued = remained? FROM LUZ HE JOURNEYS TO HARAN. Jacob awoke. "Surely," he said, "here is God's house. Iacob abraid, & ſeide frigtilike:— "God in ðis ſtede iſ wittirlike, Her, dredful ſtede, her, godeſ hus, Her, heuenegate amonguſ[175] us; 1620