Genesis A, B

nymþe heof wæs ahafen on þa hean lyft,

þa se egorhere eorðan tuddor

eall acwealde, buton þæt earce bord

heold heofona frea, þa hine halig god

ece upp forlet edmodne flod

streamum stigan, stiðferhð cyning.

þa gemunde god mereliðende,

sigora waldend sunu Lameches

and ealle þa wocre þe he wið wætre beleac,

lifes leohtfruma, on lides bosme.

Gelædde þa wigend weroda drihten

worde ofer widland. Willflod ongan

lytligan eft. Lago ebbade,

sweart under swegle. Hæfde soð metod

eaforum egstream eft gecyrred,

torhtne ryne, regn gestilled.

For famig scip L and C

nihta under roderum, siððan nægledbord,

fær seleste, flod up ahof,

oðþæt rimgetæl reðre þrage

daga forð gewat. ða on dunum gesæt

heah mid hlæste holmærna mæst,

earc Noes, þe Armenia

hatene syndon. þær se halga bad,

sunu Lameches, soðra gehata

lange þrage, hwonne him lifes weard

frea ælmihtig frecenra siða

reste ageafe, þæra he rume dreah

þa hine on sunde geond sidne grund

wonne yða wide bæron.

Holm wæs heononweard; hæleð langode,

wægliðende, swilce wif heora,

hwonne hie of nearwe ofer nægledbord

ofer streamstaðe stæppan mosten

and of enge ut æhta lædan.

þa fandode forðweard scipes,

hwæðer sincende sæflod þa gyt

wære under wolcnum. Let þa ymb worn daga

þæs þe heah hlioðo horde onfengon

and æðelum eac eorðan tudres

sunu Lameches sweartne fleogan

hrefn ofer heahflod of huse ut.

Noe tealde þæt he on neod hine,

gif he on þære lade land ne funde,

ofer sid wæter secan wolde

on wægþele. Eft him seo wen geleah,

ac se feonde gespearn fleotende hreaw;

salwigfeðera secan nolde.

He þa ymb seofon niht sweartum hrefne

of earce forlet æfter fleogan

ofer heah wæter haswe culufran

on fandunga hwæðer famig sæ

deop þa gyta dæl ænigne

grenre eorðan ofgifen hæfde.

Heo wide hire willan sohte

and rume fleah. Nohweðere reste fand,

þæt heo for flode fotum ne meahte

land gespornan ne on leaf treowes

steppan for streamum, ac wæron steap hleoðo

bewrigen mid wætrum. Gewat se wilda fugel

on æfenne earce secan

ofer wonne wæg, werig sigan,

hungri to handa halgum rince.

ða wæs culufre eft of cofan sended

ymb wucan wilde. Seo wide fleah

oðþæt heo rumgal restestowe

fægere funde and þa fotum stop

on beam hyre; gefeah bliðemod

þæs þe heo gesittan swiðe werig

on treowes telgum torhtum moste.

Heo feðera onsceoc, gewat fleogan eft

mid lacum hire, liðend brohte

elebeames twig an to handa,

grene blædæ. þa ongeat hraðe

flotmonna frea þæt wæs frofor cumen,

earfoðsiða bot. þa gyt se eadega wer

ymb wucan þriddan wilde culufran

ane sende. Seo eft ne com

to lide fleogan, ac heo land begeat,

grene bearwas; nolde gladu æfre

under salwed bord syððan ætywan

on þellfæstenne, þa hire þearf ne wæs.

þa to Noe spræc nergend usser,

heofonrices weard, halgan reorde:

"þe is eðelstol eft gerymed,

lisse on lande, lagosiða rest

fæger on foldan. Gewit on freðo gangan

ut of earce, and on eorðan bearm

of þam hean hofe hiwan læd þu

and ealle þa wocre þe ic wægþrea on

liðe nerede þenden lago hæfde

þrymme geþeahtne þriddan eðyl."

He fremede swa and frean hyrde,

stah ofer streamweall, swa him seo stefn bebead,

lustum miclum, and alædde þa

of wægþele wraðra lafe.

þa Noe ongan nergende lac

rædfæst reðran, and recene genam

on eallum dæl æhtum sinum,

ðam ðe him to dugeðum drihten sealde,