Iacob lyfte vp his eyes and sawe hys brother Esau come / ∧ with him .iiij. hundred men. And he deuyded the childern vnto Lea and vnto Rahel and vnto þe; ij. maydens. And he put the maydens &abar;d their childern formest / &abar;d Lea and hir childern after / and Rahel &abar;d Ioseph hindermost. And he went before them and fell on the grownde, vij.

tymes / vntill he came vnto his brother.

Esau ranne agaynst him and enbraced hym and fell on his necke and kyssed him / and they wepte. And he lifte vp his eyes and sawe the wyves and their childern / and sayde: what are these which thou there hast? And he sayde: they are the childern which God hath geuen thy seruaunte. Than came the maydens forth / &abar;d dyd their obaysaunce. Lea also and hir childern came and dyd their obaysaunce. And last of all came Ioseph and Rahel and dyd their obaysaunce.

And he sayde: what meanyst thou with all þe; drooues which I mett. And he answered: to fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde. And Esau sayde: I haue ynough my brother / kepe that thou hast vnto thy silf. Iacob answered: oh nay but yf I haue founde grace in thy syghte / receaue my preas&ebar;t of my h&abar;de: for I haue sene thy face as though I had sene þe; face of God: wherfore receaue me to grace and take my blessynge that I haue brought the / for God hath geuen it me frely. And I haue ynough of all thynges. And so he compelled him to take it.

And he sayde: let us take oure iourney and goo / and I will goo in thy c&obar;pany. And he sayde vnto him: my lorde knoweth that I haue tendre childern / ewes and kyne with yonge vnder myne hande / which yf men shulde ouerdryue but euen one daye / the hole flocke wolde dye.

Let my lorde therfore goo before his servaunte and I will dryue fayre and softly / accordynge as the catell that goth before me and the childern / be able to endure: vntill I come to mi lorde vnto Seir.

And Esau sayde: let me yet leaue some of my folke with the. And he sayde: what neadeth it? let me fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde So Esau went his waye agayne þt; same daye vnto Seir. And Iacob toke his iourney toward Sucoth / and bylt him an house / and made boothes for his catell: wherof the name of the place is called Sucoth.

And Iacob went to Salem to þe; cytie of Sichem in the lande of Cana&abar; / after that he was come from Mesopotamia / and pitched before the cyte / and bought a parcell of ground where he pitched his tent / of the childern of Hemor Sichems father / for an hundred lambes. And he made there an aulter / and there called vpon the myghtie God of Israell.

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