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LIBER BRESITH ID EST GENESIS |
Genesis - Wycliffe Bible(14c) |
Genesis - Douay Rheims(17c) |
Reference |
| 12 | Cumque fratres illius in pascendis gregibus patris morarentur in Sichem, |
and whanne his britheren dwelliden in Sichem, aboute flockis of the fadir to be kept, |
And when his brethren abode in Sichem feeding their father's docks, | Shechem - Joseph is sold and taken to Egypt. Gn.37.12-36 |
| 13 | dixit ad eum Israël: Fratres tui pascunt oves in Sichimis: veni, mittam te ad eos. Quo respondente, |
Israel seide to Joseph, Thi britheren kepen scheep in Sichymys; come thou, Y schal sende thee to hem. |
Israel said to him : Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered: | |
| 14 | Præsto sum, ait ei: Vade, et vide si cuncta prospera sint erga fratres tuos, et pecora: et renuntia mihi quid agatur. Missus de valle Hebron, venit in Sichem: |
And whanne Joseph answerde, Y am redi, Israel seide, Go thou, and se whether alle thingis ben esi anentis thi britheren, and scheep; and telle thou to me what is doon. He was sent fro the valey of Ebron, and cam into Sichem; |
I am ready: he said to him: Go, and see if all things be well with thy brethren, and the cattle: and bring me word again what is doing. So being sent from the vale of Hebron, he came to Sichem: | |
| 15 | invenitque eum vir errantem in agro, et interrogavit quid quæreret. |
and a man foond hym errynge in the feeld, and the man axide, what he souyte. |
And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought. | |
| 16 | At ille respondit: Fratres meos quæro: indica mihi ubi pascant greges. |
And he answerde, Y seke my britheren, schewe thou to me where thei kepten flockis. |
But he answered: I seek my brethren; tell me where they feed the docks. | |
| 17 | Dixitque ei vir: Recesserunt de loco isto: audivi autem eos dicentes: Eamus in Dothain. Perrexit ergo Joseph post fratres suos, et invenit eos in Dothain. |
And the man seide to hym, Thei yeden awei fro this place; forsothe Y herde hem seiynge, Go we into Dothaym. And Joseph yede aftir his britheren, and foond hem in Dothaym. |
And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain. | |
| 18 | Qui cum vidissent eum procul, antequam accederet ad eos, cogitaverunt illum occidere: |
And whanne thei hadden seyn hym afer, bifor that he neiyede to hem, |
And when they saw him afar off, be- fore he came nigh them, they thought to kill him. | |
| 19 | et mutuo loquebantur: Ecce somniator venit: |
thei thouyten to sle hym, and spaken to gidere, Lo! the dremere cometh, come ye, |
And said one to another: Behold the dreamer cometh. | |
| 20 | venite, occidamus eum, et mittamus in cisternam veterem: dicemusque: Fera pessima devoravit eum: et tunc apparebit quid illi prosint somnia sua. |
sle we hym, and sende we into an eld sisterne, and we schulen seie, A wielde beeste ful wickid hath deuourid hym; and thanne it schal appere what hise dremes profiten to hym. |
Come, let us kill him, and cast him into some old pit : and we will say : Some evil beast hath devoured him: and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him : | |
| 21 | Audiens autem hoc Ruben, nitebatur liberare eum de manibus eorum, et dicebat: |
Sotheli Ruben herde this, and enforside to delyuere hym fro her hondis, |
And Ruben hearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, end said: | |
| 22 | Non interficiatis animam ejus, nec effundatis sanguinem: sed projicite eum in cisternam hanc, quæ est in solitudine, manusque vestras servate innoxias: hoc autem dicebat, volens eripere eum de manibus eorum, et reddere patri suo. |
and seide, Sle we not the lijf of hym, nether schede we out his blood, but caste ye hym into an eeld cisterne, which is in the wildirnesse, and kepe ye youre hondis gilteles. Forsothe he seide this, willynge to delyuere hym fro her hondis, and to yelde to his fadir. |
Do not take away his life, nor shed his blood: but cast him into this pit, that is in the wilderness, and keep your hands harmless: now he said this, being desirous to deliver him out of their hands and to restore him to his father. | |
| 23 | Confestim igitur ut pervenit ad fratres suos, nudaverunt eum tunica talari et polymita: |
Therfor anoon as Joseph cam to hise britheren, thei dispuyliden hym of the coote, doun to the heele, and of many colours, and senten into the eeld cisterne, |
And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours: | |
| 24 | miseruntque eum in cisternam veterem, quæ non habebat aquam. |
that hadde no water. |
And cast him into an old pit, where there was no water. | |
| 25 | Et sedentes ut comederent panem, viderunt Ismaëlitas viatores venire de Galaad, et camelos eorum portantes aromata, et resinam, et stacten in Ægyptum. |
And thei saten to ete breed; and thei sien that Ismaelitis weigoers camen fro Galaad, and that her camels baren swete smellynge spiceries, and rosyn, and stacten, into Egipt. |
And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Calaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt. | |
| 26 | Dixit ergo Judas fratribus suis: Quid nobis prodest si occiderimus fratrem nostrum, et celaverimus sanguinem ipsius? |
Therfor Judas seide to hise britheren, What schal it profite to vs, if we schulen sle oure brother, and schulen hide his blood? |
And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood? | |
| 27 | melius est ut venundetur Ismaëlitis, et manus nostræ non polluantur: frater enim et caro nostra est. Acquieverunt fratres sermonibus illius. |
It is betere that he be seeld to Ismalitis, and oure hondis be not defoulid, for he is oure brother and fleisch. The britheren assentiden to these wordis; |
It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words. | |
| 28 | Et prætereuntibus Madianitis negotiatoribus, extrahentes eum de cisterna, vendiderunt eum Ismaëlitis, viginti argenteis: qui duxerunt eum in Ægyptum. |
and whanne marchauntis of Madian passiden forth, thei drowen hym out of the cisterne, and seelden hym to Ismaelitis, for thriytti platis of siluer; whiche ledden hym in to Egipt. |
And when the Madianite merchants passed by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and they led him into Egypt. | |
| 29 | Reversusque Ruben ad cisternam, non invenit puerum: |
And Ruben turnede ayen to the cisterne, and foond not the child; |
And Ruben, returning to the pit, found not the boy: | |
| 30 | et scissis vestibus pergens ad fratres suos, ait: Puer non comparet, et ego quo ibo? |
and he torente his closis, and he yede to hise britheren, and seide, The child apperith not, and whidir schal Y go? |
And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear and whither shall I go? | |
| 31 | Tulerunt autem tunicam ejus, et in sanguine hædi, quem occiderant, tinxerunt: |
Forsothe thei token his coote, and dippiden in the blood of a kide, which thei hadden slayn; and senten men that baren to the fadir, |
And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed : | |
| 32 | mittentes qui ferrent ad patrem, et dicerent: Hanc invenimus: vide utrum tunica filii tui sit, an non. |
and seiden, We han founde this coote, se, whether it is the coote of thi sone, ether nai. |
Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son's coat, or not. | |
| 33 | Quam cum agnovisset pater, ait: Tunica filii mei est: fera pessima comedit eum, bestia devoravit Joseph. |
And whanne the fader hadde knowe it, he seide, It is the coote of my sone, a wielde beeste ful wickid hath ete hym, a beeste hath deuourid Joseph. |
And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph. | |
| 34 | Scissisque vestibus, indutus est cilicio, lugens filium suum multo tempore. |
And he torente his clothis, and he was clothid with an heire, and biweilide his sone in myche tyme. |
And tearing his garments, he put an sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time. | |
| 35 | Congregatis autem cunctis liberis ejus ut lenirent dolorem patris, noluit consolationem accipere, sed ait: Descendam ad filium meum lugens in infernum. Et illo perseverante in fletu, |
Sothely whanne hise fre children weren gaderid to gidere, that thei schulden peese the sorewe of the fadir, he nolde take counfort, but seide, Y schal go doun in to helle, and schal biweile my sone. And the while Jacob contynude in wepyng, |
And alibis children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow, he would not receive comfort, but said: I will go down to my son into hell, mourning. And whilst he continued weeping, | |
| 36 | Madianitæ vendiderunt Joseph in Ægypto Putiphari eunucho Pharaonis, magistro militum. |
Madianytis seelden Joseph into Egipt to Putifar, chast and onest seruaunt of Farao, maistir of the chyualrie. |
The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers. | |