Genesis A, B

secgum ofslegene; him on swaðe feollon

æðelinga bearn, ecgum ofþegde,

willgesiððas. Hæfde wigsigor

Elamitarna ordes wisa,

weold wælstowe. Gewat seo wæpna laf

fæsten secan. Fynd gold strudon,

ahyðdan þa mid herge hordburh wera,

Sodoman and Gomorran, þa sæl ageald,

mære ceastra. Mægð siðedon,

fæmnan and wuduwan, freondum beslægene,

from hleowstole. Hettend læddon

ut mid æhtum Abrahames mæg

of Sodoma byrig. We þæt soð magon

secgan furður, hwelc siððan wearð

æfter þæm gehnæste herewulfa sið,

þara þe læddon Loth and leoda god,

suðmonna sinc, sigore gulpon.

Him þa secg hraðe gewat siðian,

an gara laf, se ða guðe genæs,

Abraham secan. Se þæt orlegweorc

þam Ebriscan eorle gecyðde,

forslegen swiðe Sodoma folc,

leoda duguðe and Lothes sið.

þa þæt inwitspell Abraham sægde

freondum sinum; bæd him fultumes

wærfæst hæleð willgeðoftan,

Aner and Manre, Escol þriddan,

cwæð þæt him wære weorce on mode,

sorga sarost, þæt his suhtriga

þeownyd þolode; bæd him þræcrofe

þa rincas þæs ræd ahicgan,

þæt his hyldemæg ahreded wurde,

beorn mid bryde. Him þa broðor þry

æt spræce þære spedum miclum

hældon hygesorge heardum wordum,

ellenrofe, and Abrahame

treowa sealdon, þæt hie his torn mid him

gewræcon on wraðum, oððe on wæl feollan.

þa se halga heht his heorðwerod

wæpna onfon. He þær wigena fand,

æscberendra, XVIII

and CCC eac þeodenholdra,

þara þe he wiste þæt meahte wel æghwylc

on fyrd wegan fealwe linde.

Him þa Abraham gewat and þa eorlas þry

þe him ær treowe sealdon mid heora folcgetrume;

wolde his mæg huru,

Loth alynnan of laðscipe.

Rincas wæron rofe, randas wægon

forð fromlice on foldwege.

Hildewulfas herewicum neh

gefaren hæfdon. þa he his frumgaran,

wishydig wer, wordum sægde,

þares afera, him wæs þearf micel

þæt hie on twa healfe

grimme guðgemot gystum eowdon

heardne handplegan; cwæð þæt him se halga,

ece drihten, eaðe mihte

æt þam spereniðe spede lænan.

þa ic neðan gefrægn under nihtscuwan

hæleð to hilde. Hlyn wearð on wicum

scylda and sceafta, sceotendra fyll,

guðflana gegrind; gripon unfægre

under sceat werum scearpe garas,

and feonda feorh feollon ðicce,

þær hlihende huðe feredon

secgas and gesiððas. Sigor eft ahwearf

of norðmonna niðgeteone,

æsctir wera. Abraham sealde

wig to wedde, nalles wunden gold,

for his suhtrigan, sloh and fylde

feond on fitte. Him on fultum grap

heofonrices weard. Hergas wurdon

feower on fleame, folccyningas,

leode ræswan. Him on laste stod

hihtlic heorðwerod, and hæleð lagon,

on swaðe sæton, þa þe Sodoma

and Gomorra golde berofan,

bestrudon stigwitum. Him þæt stiðe geald

fædera Lothes. Fleonde wæron

Elamitarna aldorduguðe

dome bedrorene, oðþæt hie Domasco

unfeor wæron. Gewat him Abraham ða

on þa wigrode wiðertrod seon

laðra monna. Loth wæs ahreded,

eorl mid æhtum, idesa hwurfon,

wif on willan. Wide gesawon

freora feorhbanan fuglas slitan

on ecgwale. Abraham ferede

suðmonna eft sinc and bryda,

æðelinga bearn, oðle nior,

mægeð heora magum. Næfre mon ealra

lifigendra her lytle werede

þon wurðlicor wigsið ateah,

þara þe wið swa miclum mægne geræsde.

þa wæs suð þanon Sodoma folce

guðspell wegen, hwelc gromra wearð

feonda fromlad. Gewat him frea leoda,

eorlum bedroren, Abraham secan,

freonda feasceaft. Him ferede mid