Genesis A, B

on wenum sæt hwonne me wraðra sum

ellþeodigne aldre beheowe,

se ðe him þas idese eft agan wolde.

Forðon ic wigsmiðum wordum sægde

þæt Sarra min sweostor wære

æghwær eorðan þær wit earda leas

mid wealandum winnan sceoldon.

Ic þæt ilce dreah on þisse eðyltyrf,

siððan ic þina, þeoden mæra,

mundbyrde geceas. Ne wæs me on mode cuð,

hwæðer on þyssum folce frean ælmihtiges

egesa wære, þa ic her ærest com.

Forþon ic þegnum þinum dyrnde

and sylfum þe swiðost micle

soðan spræce, þæt me Sarra

bryde laste beddreste gestah."

þa ongan Abimæleh Abraham swiðan

woruldgestreonum and him his wif ageaf.

Sealde him to bote, þæs þe he his bryd genam,

gangende feoh and glæd seolfor

and weorcþeos. Spræc þa wordum eac

to Abrahame æðelinga helm:

"wuna mid usic and þe wic geceos

on þissum lande þær þe leofost sie,

eðelstowe, þe ic agan sceal.

Wes us fæle freond, we ðe feoh syllað!"

Cwæð þa eft raðe oðre worde

to Sarran sinces brytta:

"Ne þearf ðe on edwit Abraham settan,

ðin freadrihten, þæt þu flettpaðas,

mæg ælfscieno, mine træde,

ac him hygeteonan hwitan seolfre

deope bete. Ne ceara incit duguða

of ðisse eðyltyrf ellor secan,

winas uncuðe, ac wuniað her."

Abraham fremede swa hine his aldor heht,

onfeng freondscipe be frean hæse,

lufum and lissum. He wæs leof gode.

Forðon he sibbe gesælig dreah

and his scippende under sceade gefor,

hleowfeðrum þeaht, her þenden lifde.

þa gien wæs yrre god Abimelehe

for þære synne þe he wið Sarrai

and wið Abrahame ær gefremede,

þa he gedælde him deore twa,

wif and wæpned. He þæs weorc gehleat,

frecne wite. Ne meahton freo ne þeowe

heora bregoweardas bearnum ecan

monrim mægeð, ac him þæt metod forstod,

oðþæt se halga his hlaforde

Abraham ongan arna biddan

ecne drihten. Him engla helm

getigðode, tuddorsped onleac

folccyninge freora and þeowra,

wera and wifa; let weaxan eft

heora rimgetel rodora waldend,

ead and æhta. ælmihtig wearð

milde on mode, moncynnes weard,

Abimeleche, swa hine Abraham bæd.

þa com feran frea ælmihtig

to Sarrai, swa he self gecwæð,

waldend usser, hæfde wordbeot

leofum gelæsted, lifes aldor

eaforan and idese. Abrahame woc

bearn of bryde, þone brego engla,

ær ðy magotudre modor wære

eacen be eorle, Isaac nemde.

Hine Abraham on mid his agene hand

beacen sette, swa him bebead metod,

wuldortorht ymb wucan, þæs þe hine on woruld

to moncynne modor brohte.

Cniht weox and þag, swa him cynde wæron

æðele from yldrum. Abraham hæfde

wintra hundteontig þa him wif sunu

on þanc gebær. He þæs ðrage bad,

siððan him ærest þurh his agen word

þone dægwillan drihten bodode.

þa seo wyrd gewearð þæt þæt wif geseah

for Abrahame Ismael plegan,

ðær hie æt swæsendum sæton bu tu,

halig on hige, and heora hiwan eall,

druncon and drymdon. þa cwæð drihtlecu mæg,

bryd to beorne: "Forgif me, beaga weard,

min swæs frea, hat siðian

Agar ellor and Ismael

lædan mid hie! Ne beoð we leng somed

willum minum, gif ic wealdan mot.

Næfre Ismael wið Isace,

wið min agen bearn yrfe dæleð

on laste þe, þonne þu of lice

aldor asendest." þa wæs Abrahame

weorce on mode þæt he on wræc drife

his selfes sunu, þa com soð metod

freom on fultum, wiste ferhð guman

cearum on clommum. Cyning engla spræc

to Abrahame, ece drihten:

"Læt þe aslupan sorge of breostum,

modgewinnan, and mægeð hire,

bryde þinre! Hat bu tu aweg

Agar feran and Ismael,