Genesis 25:10-34

¹⁰euene ayens Mambre, which denne he bouyte of the sones of Heth; and he was biried there, and Sare his wijf.

¹¹And aftir the deeth of Abraham God blesside Isaac his sone, which dwellide bisidis the pit bi name of hym that lyueth and seeth.

¹²These ben the generaciouns of Ismael, sone of Abraham, whom Agar Egipcian, seruauntesse of Sare, childide to Abraham;

¹³and these ben the names of the sones of Ismael, in her names and generaciouns. The firste gendride of Ismael was Nabaioth, aftirward Cedar, and Abdeel, and Mabsan,

¹⁴and Masma, and Duma, and Massa,

¹⁵and Adad, and Thema, and Ithur, and Nafir, and Cedma.

¹⁶These weren the sones of Ismael, and these weren names by castels and townes of hem, twelue princes of her lynagis.

¹⁷And the yeeris of lijf of Ismael weren maad an hundrid and seuene and thretti, and he failide, and diede, and was put to his puple.

¹⁸Forsothe he enhabitide fro Euila til to Sur, that biholdith Egipt, as me entrith in to Assiriens; he diede bifore alle his britheren.

¹⁹Also these ben the generaciouns of Ysaac sone of Abraham. Abraham gendride Isaac,

²⁰and whanne Isaac was of fourti yeer, he weddide a wijf, Rebecca, douyter of Batuel, of Sirie of Mesopotanye, the sistir of Laban.

²¹And Isaac bisouyte the Lord for his wijf, for sche was bareyn; and the Lord herde him, and yaf conseiuyng to Rebecca.

²²But the litle children weren hurtlid togidre in hir wombe; and sche seide, If it was so to comynge to me, what nede was it to conseyue? And sche yede and axide counsel of the Lord,

²³which answerde, and seide, Twei folkis ben in thi wombe, and twei puplis schulen be departid fro thi wombe, and a puple schal ouercome a puple, and the more schal serue the lesse.

²⁴Thanne the tyme of childberyng cam, and lo! twei children weren foundun in hir wombe.

²⁵He that yede out first was reed, and al rouy in the manere of a skyn; and his name was clepid Esau.

²⁶Anoon the tothir yede out, and helde with the hond the heele of the brother; and therfore he clepide him Jacob. Isaac was sixti yeer eeld, whanne the litle children weren borun.

²⁷And whanne thei weren woxun, Esau was maad a man kunnynge of huntyng, and a man erthe tilier; forsothe Jacob was a symple man, and dwellide in tabernaclis.

²⁸Isaac louyde Esau, for he eet of the huntyng of Esau; and Rebecca louyde Jacob.

²⁹Sotheli Jacob sethide potage; and whanne Esau cam weri fro the feld,

³⁰he seide to Jacob, Yyue thou to me of this reed sething, for Y am ful weri; for which cause his name was clepid Edom.

³¹And Jacob seide to him, Sille to me the riyt of the first gendrid childe.

³²He answerde, Lo! Y die, what schulen the firste gendrid thingis profite to me?

³³Jacob seide, therfor swere thou to me. Therfor Esau swoor, and selde the firste gendrid thingis.

³⁴And so whanne he hadde take breed and potage, Esau eet and drank, and yede forth, and chargide litil that he hadde seld the riyt of the firste gendrid child.