ðat iacob waſ ðus flogen a-wei; He toc, and wente, and folwede on, And ðhogt in mod iacob to ſlon, 1752 God, in a dream, forbids Laban to harm Jacob. Oc god in ſweuene ſpac him to, ðat he ſulde iacob non yuel do. Laban overtakes Jacob on the seventh day. vij. nigt forð-geden and dais oc, Or laban iacob ouer-toc; 1756 [184] ðeðenward? THE COVENANT BETWEEN JACOB AND LABAN. So waſ he frig[t]ed ear in drem, ðus meðelike ſpac ðiſ em: He complains of the wrong done to him. "Q_u_i wore ðu fro me for-holen, And q_u_i aſ ðu min godes ſtolen? 1760 Min mog, min neue, and felage, Me ne agtes ðu don ſwilc [vn-]lage." "[I]c was for-dred ðe migte timen, fro me ðine doutres bi-nimen, 1764 Jacob denies that he has been guilty of theft. fro here childre ðhogt hem ſor, mor for me bi-leuen ðor; ſtalðe ic for-ſake, ðat iſ min red, wið q_u_am ðu iſ findes, ðat he be dead." 1768 Laban searched for his idols, but found them not. Of al ðat laban haued[185] iſ ſogt, So woren it hid, ne fond he is nogt. [Fol. 35.] Then said Jacob, "What is my sin that thou ransackest me as a thief?" Ðo [q]wað iacob, "yuel iſt bi-togen, Min ſwinc a-buten ðin holðe drogen; 1772 ðu me ranſakes alſ an ðef, And me was ðin wurðing lef." Quoth Laban, "Friends will we be and plight troth between us." ðo q_u_at laban, "frend ſule wit ben, And trewðe pligt[186] nu unc bi-twen, 1776 And make we it her an hil of ſton, Name of witneſſe be ðer-on;" ðor-on he eten bliðe and glað,[187] This covenant was made at Gilead. ðat hil iſ hoten galaað; 1780 Laban hem bliſcede, & on nigt Laban departed before daylight. wente a-gen-ward, or it waſ ligt; And iacob waſ of weie rad, Raðe he was fer fro laban ſad. 1784