forward iſ mad of alle ſep, Of oneſ bles[183] iacob nim kep, 1720 Jacob is to have all the speckled And if of ðo ſpotted cumen, [178] wið? [179] Glossed _wune_ in a later hand. [180] she? [181] caldes MS. [182] haueð? [183] fles MS. JACOB LEAVES LABAN SECRETLY. and spotted cattle for his hire. ðo ſulen him ben for hire numen; Sep or got, haſwed, arled, or grei, Ben don fro iacob fer a-wei; 1724 The flocks produced many speckled and spotted. ðog him boren ðes oneſ bles Vn-like manige and likeles. Laban was greatly displeased. ðo ſag laban ðat iacob bi-gat Michil, and him miſlikede ðat; 1728 He changed Jacob's hire. bi-tagte him ðo ðe ſunder bles, And it him boren ones bles. Ten times within six years he shifted the cattle. Ten ſiðes ðus binnen .vi. ger, Shiftede iacob hirdeneſſe her, 1732 And ai was labaneſ herte ſor, for hiſ agte wex mor & mor. Jacob saw that Laban was unfriendly towards him, Ðo ſag iacob laban wurð wroð, Vnder him ben leng iſ hi_m_ loð, 1736 so he determined to leave Padanaram. And wið iſ wiues he takeð red, And greiðet him deðenward[184] wið ſped. Laban had left Haran to shear his sheep. Laban ferde to nimen kep, In clipping time to hiſe ſep, 1740 fro caram in-to vten ſtede, ðor q_u_iles iacob ðiſ dede dede; Wið wiues, and childre, & orf he nam, Jacob came to mount Gilead, And to ðe munt galaad he bi-cam; 1744 [Fol. 34b.] ðanne fleg he to meſopotaniam, and drew towards Canaan. And drog to-ward cananeam. And Rachel adde hid and for-olen Rachel had stolen her father's gods. Hire faderes godes of gold, & ſtolen. 1748 Laban it wiſte on ðe ðridde dai Laban, hearing of Jacob's flight, pursues him.