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Whi hast thou do so, that the while I wiste not thou woldist dryue awey my douytris as caitifs by swerd?

And so Laban entride into the tabernacle of Jacob, and of Lya, and of euer eithir meyne, and foond not; and whanne Laban hadde entrid in to the tente of Rachel,

My lord, be not wrooth that Y may not rise bifore thee, for it bifelde now to me bi the custom of wymmen; so the bisynesse of the sekere was scorned.

And Jacob bolnyde, and seide with strijf, For what cause of me, and for what synne of me, hast thou come so fersly aftir me,

so Y seruede thee bi twenti yeer in thin hows, fourtene yeer for thi douytris, and sixe yeer for thi flockis; and thou chaungidist my mede ten sithis.

And so Jacob took a stoon, and reiside it in to a signe, and seide to hise britheren,

And so the yiftis yeden bifore hym; sotheli he dwellide in that nyyt in the tentis.

And whanne Jacob hadde arise auysseli, he took hise twei wyues, and so many seruauntessis with enleuen sones, and passide the forthe of Jaboth.

And so Esau ran ayens his brothir, and collide hym, and Esau helde his necke, and kisside, and wepte.

And Jacob seide, Y biseche, nyle thou so, but if Y foond grace in thin iyen, take thou a litil yifte of myn hondis; for Y seiy so thi face as I seiy the cheer of God;

And so Esau turnede ayen in that dai in the weie bi which he cam, in to Seir.

And so Emor spak to hem, The soule of my sone Sichem cleuyde to youre douytir, yeue ye hir a wijf to hym,

O thing is, for which so greet good is dilaied; if we circumciden oure malis, and suen the custom of the folc,

And so aftir many daies the ladi castide hir iyen in to Joseph, and seide, Slepe thou with me;

Whanne these thingis weren doon so, it bifelde that twei geldyngis, the boteler and the baker `of the kyng of Egipt, synneden to her lord.

and lo! seuene othere kiyn, so foule and leene, sueden these, that Y seiy neuere siche in the lond of Egipt;

and seuene othre yeer of so greet bareynesse schulen sue tho, that al the abundaunce bifore be youun to foryetyng; for the hungur schal waste al the lond,

And he turnede the name of Joseph, and clepide him bi Egipcian langage, the sauyour of the world; and he yaf to Joseph a wijf, Asenech, the douyter of Potifar, preest of Heliopoleos. And so Joseph yede out to the lond of Egipt.

and so greet aboundaunce was of wheete, that it was maad euene to the grauel of the see, and the plente passide mesure.

Whiche seiden, Lord, it is not so, but thi seruauntis camen to bie metis;