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LIBER BRESITH ID EST GENESIS |
Genesis - Wycliffe Bible(14c) |
Genesis - Douay Rheims(17c) |
Reference |
| 1 | Quæ postquam gesta sunt, tentavit Deus Abraham, et dixit ad eum: Abraham, Abraham. At ille respondit: Adsum. |
And aftir that these thingis weren don, God assaiede Abraham, and seide to hym, Abraham! Abraham! He answerde, Y am present. |
After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am. | Isaac - God demands a sacrifice. Gn.22.1-19 |
| 2 | Ait illi: Tolle filium tuum unigenitum, quem diligis, Isaac, et vade in terram visionis, atque ibi offeres eum in holocaustum super unum montium quem monstravero tibi. |
God seide to him, Take thi sone oon gendrid, whom thou louest, Ysaac; and go into the lond of visioun, and offre thou hym there in to brent sacrifice, on oon of the hillis whiche Y schal schewe to thee. |
He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision: and there thou shalt offer him for a holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will show thee. | |
| 3 | Igitur Abraham de nocte consurgens, stravit asinum suum, ducens secum duos juvenes, et Isaac filium suum: cumque concidisset ligna in holocaustum, abiit ad locum quem præceperat ei Deu |
Therfor Abraham roos bi niyt, and sadlide his asse, and ledde with hym twey yonge men, and Ysaac his sone; and whanne he hadde hewe trees in to brent sacrifice, he yede to the place which God hadde comaundid to him. |
So Abraham rising up in the night, saddled his ass: and took with him two young men, and Isaac his son: and when he had cut wood for the holocaust he went his way to the place which God had commanded him. | |
| 4 | Die autem tertio, elevatis oculis, vidit locum procul: |
Forsothe in the thridde dai he reiside hise iyen, and seiy a place afer; |
And on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place afar off. | |
| 5 | dixitque ad pueros suos: Expectate hic cum asino: ego et puer illuc usque properantes, postquam adoraverimus, revertemur ad vos. |
and he seide to hise children, Abide ye here with the asse, Y and the child schulen go thidur; and aftir that we han worschipid, we schulen turne ayen to you. |
And he said to his young men: Stay you here with the ass: I and the boy will go with speed as far as yonder, and after we have worshipped, will return to you. | |
| 6 | Tulit quoque ligna holocausti, et imposuit super Isaac filium suum: ipse vero portabat in manibus ignem et gladium. Cumque duo pergerent simul, |
And he took the trees of brent sacrifice, and puttide on Ysaac his sone; forsothe he bar fier, and a swerd in hise hondis. And whanne thei tweyne yeden togidere, Isaac seide to his fadir, My fadir! |
And he took the wood for the holocaust, and laid it upon Isaac his son: and he himself carried in his hands fire and a sword. And as they two went on together, | |
| 7 | dixit Isaac patri suo: Pater mi. At ille respondit: Quid vis, fili? Ecce, inquit, ignis et ligna: ubi est victima holocausti? |
And he answerde, What wolt thou, sone? He seide, Lo! fier and trees, where is the beeste of brent sacrifice? |
Isaac said to his father: My father. And he answered: What wilt thou, son? Behold, saith he, fire and wood: where is the victim for the holocaust? | |
| 8 | Dixit autem Abraham: Deus providebit sibi victimam holocausti, fili mi. Pergebant ergo pariter. |
Abraham seide, My sone, God schal puruey to hym the beeste of brent sacrifice. |
And Abraham said: God will provide himself a victim for an holocaust, my son. So they went on together. | |
| 9 | Et venerunt ad locum quem ostenderat ei Deus, in quo ædificavit altare, et desuper ligna composuit; cumque alligasset Isaac filium suum, posuit eum in altare super struem lignorum. |
Therfor thei yeden to gidere, and camen to the place whiche God hadde schewid to hym, in which place Abraham bildide an auter, and dresside trees a boue; and whanne he hadde bounde to gidere Ysaac, his sone, he puttide Ysaac in the auter, on the heep of trees. |
And they came to the place which God had shown him, where he built an altar, and laid the wood in order upon it: and when he had bound Isaac his son, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood. | |
| 10 | Extenditque manum, et arripuit gladium, ut immolaret filium suum. |
And he helde forth his hond, and took the swerd to sacrifice his sone. |
And he put forth his hand and took the sword, to sacrifice his son. | |
| 11 | Et ecce angelus Domini de cælo clamavit, dicens: Abraham, Abraham. Qui respondit: Adsum. |
And lo! an aungel of the Lord criede fro heuene, and seide, Abraham! Abraham! |
And behold an angel of the Lord from heaven called to him, saying: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am. | |
| 12 | Dixitque ei: Non extendas manum tuam super puerum, neque facias illi quidquam: nunc cognovi quod times Deum, et non pepercisti unigenito filio tuo propter me. |
Which answerde, I am present. And the aungel seide to hym, Holde thou not forth thin honde on the child, nether do thou ony thing to him; now Y haue knowe that thou dredist God, and sparidist not thin oon gendrid sone for me. |
And he said to him: Lay not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing to him: now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake. | |
| 13 | Levavit Abraham oculos suos, viditque post tergum arietem inter vepres hærentem cornibus, quem assumens obtulit holocaustum pro filio. |
Abraham reiside hise iyen, and he seiy bihynde his bak a ram cleuynge bi hornes among breris, which he took, and offride brent sacrifice for the sone. |
Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw behind his back a ram amongst the briers sticking fast by the horns, which he took and offered for a holocaust instead of his son. | |
| 14 | Appellavitque nomen loci illius, Dominus videt. Unde usque hodie dicitur: In monte Dominus videbit. |
And he clepide the name of that place, The Lord seeth; wherfore it is seyd, til to dai, The Lord schal see in the hil. |
And he called the name of that place, The Lord seeth. Whereupon even to this day it is said: In the mountain the Lord will see. | |
| 15 | Vocavit autem angelus Domini Abraham secundo de cælo, dicens: |
Forsothe the aungel of the Lord clepide Abraham the secounde tyme fro heuene, |
And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying: | |
| 16 | Per memetipsum juravi, dicit Dominus: quia fecisti hanc rem, et non pepercisti filio tuo unigenito propter me: |
and seide, The Lord seith, Y haue swore bi my silf, for thou hast do this thing, and hast not sparid thin oon gendrid for me, |
By my own self have I sworn, saith the Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake: | |
| 17 | benedicam tibi, et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas cæli, et velut arenam quæ est in littore maris: possidebit semen tuum portas inimicorum suorum, |
Y schal blesse thee, and Y schal multiplie thi seed as the sterris of heuene, and as grauel which is in the brynk of the see; thi seed schal gete the yatis of hise enemyes; |
I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the seashore: thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies. | |
| 18 | et benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gentes terræ, quia obedisti voci meæ. |
and alle the folkis of erthe schulen be blessid in thi seed, for thou obeiedist to my vois. |
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice. | |
| 19 | Reversus est Abraham ad pueros suos, abieruntque Bersabee simul, et habitavit ibi. |
Abraham turnede ayen to hise children, and thei yeden to Bersabee to gidere, and he dwellide there. |
Abraham returned to his young men, and they went to Bersabee together, and he dwelt there. | |