Jacob agrees to serve other seven years for Rachel. Oc ſerf me ſeuene oðer ger, If ðu ſalt rachel ſeruen her; [177] At bottom of Fol. 32b is the catchword—"q_u_at ſo ðu wilt." JACOB MARRIES RACHEL. Seue nigt ſiðen forð ben numen Or rachel beð to iacob cumen, 1688 And laban made a feſte oc Jacob marries Rachel. Qua_n_ne iacob wid[178] rachel toc; And for ghe ðanne cam hi_m_ ner, ſeruede he hi_m_ ſiðen ſeuene ger. 1692 [Fol. 33b.] Rachel adde, after londes kire,[179] maiden balaam to ſeruen hire. Leah was the mother of four sons. LIa moder of fowre was, Ruben, ſymeon, leui, iudas; 1696 Rachel was barren. for rachel non birðe ne nam, Sge[180] bi-tagte iacob balaam; Bilhah, her handmaid, bare Dan and Naphtali. bala two childre bar bi him, Rachel cald es[181] dan(.) neptalim; 1700 Zilpah bare Gad and Asher. And zelfa two ſunes him ber, Lia calde iſ(.) Gad(.) and aſſer; Leah afterwards bare Zebulun, Issachar, and Dinah. Lia ſiðen two ſunes bar, Zabulon(.) laſt(.) or yſakar; 1704 Lia bar laſt dowter dinam, Sichem, ſiðen, hire ille bi-nam. At last Joseph was born of Rachel. Last of rachel iosep was boren, Beſt of alle ðe oðere bi-foren. 1708 Longe haued[182] nu iacob ben her, wið laban fulle .xiii. ger; Jacob desires leave of Laban to depart. Leue aſkede hem hom to faren, Wið wiues and childre ðeðen charen, 1712 Laban would not let him depart. But-if laban him ðelde bet Hiſe ſeruiſe, and wið-holde hi_m_ get; ſerue he ſcriðed ðat .vij. ger, ðat he bi-leue and ſerue hi_m_ her; 1716 He promises him to give him for hire whatever he shall ask. Wel he ſeið him ðat he ſal hauen for hire, quat-ſo he wile crauen. [Fol. 34.]