Wycliffe (Late) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02020].
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CAP. V.
1 Also the sones of Ruben, the firste gendrid
sone of Israel; for he was the first
gendrid sone of Israel, but whanne he
hadde defoulid the bed of his fadir, the
dignitye of his firste gendryng was &yogh;ouun
to the sones of Joseph, the sone of Israel;
and Ruben was not arettid in to the firste
gendrid sone.
2 Forsothe Judas, that was
the strongeste among hise britheren,
prynces weren gaderid of his generacioun;
forsothe the `ri&yogh;t of firste gendryng
-- --
was arettid to Joseph.
3 Therfor
the sones of Ruben, the firste gendrid
sone of Israel, weren Enoch, and Phallu,
Esrom, and Charmy.
4 The sones of Johel
weren Samaie; his sone, Gog; his sone,
Semey;
5 his sone, Mycha; his sone, Rema;
his sone, Baal;
6 his sone, Bera; whom Theglatphalassar,
kyng of Assyriens, ledde prisoner;
and he was prince in the lynage of
Ruben.
7 Sotheli hise britheren, and al the
kynrede, whanne thei weren noumbrid bi
her meynees, hadden princes Jehiel, and
Zacharie.
8 Forsothe Bala, the sone of
Achaz, sone of Sama, sone of Johel, he
dwellide in Aroer til to Nebo and Beelmoon;
9 and he dwellide a&yogh;ens the eest
coost, til to the ende of deseert, `and to
the flood Eufrates. And he hadde in possessioun
myche noumbre of beestis in the
lond of Galaad.
10 Forsothe in the daies of
Saul the sones of Ruben fou&yogh;ten a&yogh;ens
Agarenus, and killide hem; and dwelliden
for hem in the tabernaclis of hem, in al
the coost that biholdith to the eest of
Galaad.
11 Sotheli the sones of Gad euene
a&yogh;ens hem dwelliden in the lond of Basan
til to Selca;
12 Johel was in the bygynnyng, and
Saphan was the secounde; also Janahi and
Saphan weren in Basan.
13 Also her britheren
bi the housis of her kynredis, Mychael,
and Mosollam, and Sebe, and Jore,
and Jachan, and Zie, and Heber, seuene.
14 These weren the sones of Abiahel, the
sone of Vry, sone of Jaro, sone of Galaad,
sone of Mychael, sone of Esesi, sone of
Jeddo, sone of Buz.
15 Also the britheren
of the sone of Abdiel, sone of Gumy, was
prince of the hows in hise meynees.
16 And
thei dwelliden in Galaad, and in Basan,
and in the townes therof, in alle the subarbis
of Arnon, til to the endis.
17 Alle
these weren noumbrid in the daies of
Joathan, kyng of Juda, and in the daies
of Jeroboam, kyng of Israel.
18 The sones
of Ruben, and of Gad, and of half the
lynage of Manasses, weren men werriours,
berynge scheeldis and swerdis, and beendynge
-- --
bouwe, and tau&yogh;t to batels, foure
and fourti thousynde seuene hundrid and
sixti,
19 and thei &yogh;eden forth to batel, and
fou&yogh;ten a&yogh;ens Agarenus. Forsothe Ethureis,
and Napheis,
20 and Nadab, &yogh;auen help
to hem; and Agarenus, and alle men that
weren with hem, weren bitakun in to the
hondis of Ruben, and Gad, and Manasses;
for thei clepiden inwardli the Lord, while
thei fou&yogh;ten, and the Lord herde hem, for
thei `hadden bileuyd in to him.
21 And thei
token alle thingis whiche Agarenus hadden
in possessioun, fifti thousynde of camels,
and twei hundrid and fifty thousynde
of scheep, twei thousynde of assis,
and an hundrid thousynde persoones of
men;
22 for many men weren woundid and
felden doun; for it was the batel of the
Lord. And thei dwelliden for Agarenus
til to the conquest.
23 Also the sones of the
half lynage of Manasses hadden in possessioun
the lond, fro the endis of Basan til
to Baal Hermon, and Sanyr, and the hil
of Hermon; for it was a greet noumbre.
24 And these weren the princes of the hows
of her kynrede; Epher, and Jesi, and Heliel,
and Esryel, and Jeremye, and Odoie,
and Jedihel, strongeste men and my&yogh;ti,
and nemyd duykis in her meynees.
25 Forsothe
thei forsoken the God of her fadris,
and diden fornycacioun after the goddis
of puplis of the lond, whiche the Lord
took awei bifor hem.
26 And the Lord God
of Israel reiside the spirit of Phul, kyng
of Assiriens, and the spirit note of Theglatphalasser,
kyng of Assur; and he translatide
Ruben, and Gad, and the half lynage
of Manasses, and brou&yogh;te hem in to Ale,
and Abor, and Aram, and in to the ryuer
of Gozam, til to this dai.
Wycliffe (Late) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02020].
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