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Genesis A, B Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 2,936 sections
2900 wærfæst metod wordum tæhte .
2901 Ongan þa ad hladan , æled weccan ,
2902 and gefeterode fet and honda
2903 bearne sinum and þa on bæl ahof
2904 Isaac geongne , and þa ædre gegrap
2905 sweord be gehiltum , wolde his sunu cwellan
2906 folmum sinum , fyre scencan
2907 mæges dreore . þa metodes ðegn ,
2908 ufan engla sum , Abraham hlude
2909 stefne cygde . He stille gebad
2910 ares spræce and þam engle oncwæð .
2911 Him þa ofstum to ufan of roderum
2912 wuldorgast godes wordum mælde :
2913 " Abraham leofa , ne sleah þin agen bearn ,
2914 ac þu cwicne abregd cniht of ade ,
2915 eaforan þinne ! Him an wuldres god !
2916 Mago Ebrea , þu medum scealt
2917 þurh þæs halgan hand , heofoncyninges ,
2918 soðum sigorleanum selfa onfon ,
2919 ginfæstum gifum . þe wile gasta weard
2920 lissum gyldan þæt þe wæs leofre his
2921 sibb and hyldo þonne þin sylfes bearn ."
2922 Ad stod onæled . Hæfde Abrahame
2923 metod moncynnes , mæge Lothes ,
2924 breost geblissad , þa he him his bearn forgeaf ,
2925 Isaac cwicne . ða se eadega bewlat ,
2926 rinc ofer exle , and him þær rom geseah
2927 unfeor þanon ænne standan ,
2928 broðor Arones , brembrum fæstne .
2929 þone Abraham genam and hine on ad ahof
2930 ofestum miclum for his agen bearn .
2931 Abrægd þa mid þy bille , brynegield onhread ,
2932 reccendne weg rommes blode ,
2933 onbleot þæt lac gode , sægde leana þanc
2934 and ealra þara sælða þe he him sið and ær ,
2935 gifena drihten , forgifen hæfde .
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