CAP. V.
1 The sonys forsothe of Ruben, the first
goten of Yrael; he forsothe was his first
goten, bot for he hadde defoulid the bed
of his fadir, the ri&yogh;tis of his first getynge
ben &yogh;euen to the sonys of Joseph, the
sone of Yrael; and he is not holden in to
the first goten.
2 Forsothe Judas, that was
the strengist amonge his bretheren, of
his stok princis ben buriounned; the
ri&yogh;tis of the first getyng forsothe ben
acountyde to Joseph.
3 Than the sonys
-- --
of Ruben, the firste goten of Yrael; Enoch,
and Fallu, Esrom, and Charmy.
4 The sonys of Joel; Samaia, the sone of
hym; Gog, the sone of hym; Semei, the
sone of hym;
5 Mycha, the sone of hym;
Rema, the sone of hym; Baal, the sone
of hym;
6 Bera, the sone of hym; whome
caytijf ladde Teglat Falasar, kyng of Assiries;
and he was a prince in the lynage
of Ruben.
7 The bretheren forsothe of
hym, and al the kynrede, whan thei
weren noumbred by their meines, hadden
princis Jeihel, and Zacharie.
8 Forsothe
Baala, the sone of Achaz, sone of Sama,
sone of Johel, he dwellide in Aroer vnto
Nebo and Beelmeon;
9 a&yogh;eynst the eest
forsothe coost he dwellide, vnto the entre
of Heremy, and the flode of Eufraten.
Myche forsothe noumbre of bestis he
weldide in the lond of Galaad.
10 In the
days forsothe of Saul thei fou&yogh;ten a&yogh;eynus
Agarienis, and slewen hem; and dwelliden
for hem in their tabernaclis, in al
the coost that beholdith to the este of
Galaad.
11 The sonys forsothe of Gad forn
a&yogh;eynst hem dwelliden in the lond of Basan
vnto Selcha;
12 Joel in the heued, and
Sapham the secounde; Janay forsothe and
Sapha in Basan.
13 And the bretheren of
hem aftir the houses of their kynredis,
Mychael, and Mosollam, and Sebe, and
Jore, and Joachan, and Zie, and Heber,
seuen.
14 Thes the sones of Abiel, sone of
Vri, sone of Jaro, sone of Galaad, sone
of Michael, sone of Jesesi, sone of Jeddo,
sone of Bus.
15 The bretheren forsothe of
the sone of Abdiel, sone of Gummy,
prince of the hous in their meynes.
16 And
thei dwelliden in Galaad, and in Baasan,
and in the lityl tounes of it, in alle the
suburbis of Arnon, vnto the termys.
17 Alle
thes ben noumbred in the days of Joathan,
kyng of Juda, and in the days of
Jeroboam, kyng of Yrael.
18 The sonys of
Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half lynage
of Manasse, men fi&yogh;ters berynge sheeldis
and swerdis, and bendynge bowe, and
-- --
tau&yogh;t to batailis, foure and fourety thousandis
seuen hundreth and sixty, goynge
forthe to fi&yogh;t,
19 fou&yogh;ten a&yogh;eynus Agariens.
Ethureis forsothe, and Naphi, and Nadab,
&yogh;euen to hem help;
20 and Agariens ben
taken in to the hondis of hem, and alle
that weren with hem; for the Lord thei
inwardly clepiden, whil thei fou&yogh;ten, and
he herde hem, forthi that thei hadden
leeued in hym.
21 And thei token alle
thingis that they hadden weldid, of chamels
fyfty thousand, and of scheep two
hundreth and fyfty thousand, and of
assis two thousand, and lyues of men an
hundreth thousand;
22 and many woundid
fellen; forsothe the batayl of the Lord it
was. Thei dwelliden for hem vnto the
transmygracioun.
23 The sonis forsothe of
the half lynage of Manasse weldeden the
lond, fro the coostis of Basan vnto Baal
Hermon, and Sanyr, and the hyl of Hermon;
a grete forsothe noumbre ther
was.
24 And thes weren the pryncis of the
hous of the kynrede of hem; Efer, and
Jesi, and Heliel, and Esriel, and Jeremye,
and Odoye, and Jedehel, men most
strong and my&yogh;ty, and duykis nemned in
their meynes.
25 Forsothe thei forsoken the
God of their fadirs, and dyden fornycacioun
aftir goddis of the puplis of the
lond, the whiche the Lord toke aweye
beforn hem.
26 And the Lord God of Yrael
rered the spirit of Phul, the kyng of Assiries,
and the spirit of Teglat Falasar,
kyng of Assur; and translatyde Ruben,
and Gad, and the half lynage of Manasse,
and he brou&yogh;te hem in to Ale, and Abor,
and Aram, and the flode of Gosam, vnto
this day.
1 The sonys of Leuy; Jerson,
Caath, and Mereri.
2 The sonis of Caath;
Amram, Isaar, Ebron, and Oziel.
3 The
sonys of Amram; Aaron, Moyses, and
Maria. The sonys of Aaron; Nadab,
and Abyu, Eliazar, and Ythamar.
4 Eliazar
gat Phynees, and Phynees gat Abisue;
Abisue gat Bocci,
5 and Bocci gat
Osy;
6 Osy gat Zaraias, Zaraias gat Meroyoth.
-- --
7 Forsothe Meroyoth gat Amaryas,
Amaryas gat Achytob,
8 Achitob gat Sadoch,
Sadoch gat Achimas,
9 Achimas gat
Azarias,
10 Azarias gat Johannam, Johannam
gat Azarias; he is Azarias, the
prest of the kynde of Aaron, the which
vside in the hous presthod, that Salamon
bylde in Jerusalem.
11 Forsothe Azarias
gat Amarias, and Amarias gat Achitob,
Achitob gat Sadoch,
12 Sadoch gat Sellum,
Sellum gat Elchias,
13 Elchias gat Azariam,
Azarias gat Sarayam,
14 Sarayam
gat Josedech.
15 Forsothe Josedech &yogh;ede
out, whanne the Lord translatyde Judam
and Jerusalem by the hondis of Nabugodonosor
kyng.
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