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      Exodus

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      Chapter 1

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      ¹ These ben the names of the sones of Israel, that entriden into Egipt with Jacob; alle entriden with her housis;

      ² Ruben, Symeon,

      ³ Leuy, Judas, Isachar, Zabulon, and Benjamin,

      ⁴ Dan, and Neptalim, Gad, and Aser.

      ⁵ Therfor alle the soules of hem that yeden out of `the hipe of Jacob weren seuenti and fyue.

      ⁶ Forsothe Joseph was in Egipt; and whanne he was deed, and alle hise brithren, and al his kynrede,

      ⁷ the sones of Israel encreessiden, and weren multiplied as buriounnyng, and thei weren maad strong greetli, and filliden the lond.

      ⁸ A newe kyng, that knewe not Joseph, roos in the meene tyme on Egipt, and seide to his puple, Lo!

      ⁹ the puple of the sones of Israel is myche, and strongere than we;

      ¹⁰ come ye, wiseli oppresse we it, lest perauenture it be multiplied; and lest, if batel risith ayens vs, it be addid to oure enemyes, and go out of the lond, whanne we ben ouercomun.

      ¹¹ And so he made maistris of werkis souereyns to hem, that thei schulden turmente hem with chargis. And thei maden citees of tabernaclis to Farao, Fiton, and Ramesses.

      ¹² And bi hou myche thei oppressiden hem, bi so myche thei weren multiplied, and encreessiden more.

      ¹³ And Egipcians hatiden the sones of Israel, and turmentiden, and scorneden hem;

      ¹⁴ and brouyten her lijf to bitternesse bi hard werkis of cley and to tijl stoon, and bi al seruage, bi which thei weren oppressid in the werkis of erthe.

      ¹⁵ Forsothe the kyng of Egipt seide to the mydwyues of Ebrews, of whiche oon was clepid Sefora, the tother Fua;

      ¹⁶ and he commaundide to hem, Whanne ye schulen do the office of medewyues to Ebrew wymmen, and the tyme of childberyng schal come, if it is a knaue child, sle ye him; if it is a womman, kepe ye.

      ¹⁷ Forsothe the medewyues dredden God, and diden not bi the comaundement of the kyng of Egipt, but kepten knaue children.

      ¹⁸ To whiche clepid to hym the kyng seide, What is this thing which ye wolden do, that ye wolden kepe the children?

      ¹⁹ Whiche answeriden, Ebrew wymmen ben not as the wymmen of Egipt, for thei han kunnyng of the craft of medewijf, and childen bifore that we comen to hem.

      ²⁰ Therfor God dide wel to medewyues; and the puple encreesside, and was coumfortid greetli.

      ²¹ And for the mydewyues dredden God, he bildide `housis to hem.

      ²² Therfor Farao comaundide al his puple, and seide, What euer thing of male kynde is borun to Ebrewis, `caste ye into the flood; what euer thing of wymmen kynde, kepe ye.

      Chapter 2

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¹ Aftir these thingis a man of `the hows of Leuy yede out, and took a wijf ^[1] of his kyn,

      ² which conseyuede, and childide a sone. And sche seiy hym wel farynge, and hidde him bi thre monethis.

      ³ And whanne sche myyte not hele, thanne sche took a `leep of segge, and bawmede it with tar and pitch, and puttide the yong child with ynne, and puttide hym forth in a `place of spier of the brenke of the flood,

      ⁴ the while his sistir stood afer, and bihelde the bifalling of the thing.

      ⁵ Lo! forsothe the douytir of Farao cam doun to be waischun in the flood, and hir damysels walkiden bi the brenke of the flood. And whanne sche hadde seyn a leep in the `place of spier, sche sente oon of hir seruauntessis,

      ⁶ and sche openyde the leep brouyt to hir, and seiy a litil child wepynge ther ynne. And sche hadde mercy on the child, and seide, It is of the yonge children of Ebrews.

      ⁷ To whom the `sister of the child seide, Wolt thou that Y go, and clepe to thee an Ebrew womman, that may nurische the yong child?

      ⁸ She answeride, Go thou. The damysel yede, and clepide the `modir of the child.

      ⁹ To whom `the douytir of Farao spak, and seide, Take thou this child, and nurische to me; Y schal yyue to thee thi mede. The womman took, and nurischide the child, and bitook hym woxun to `the douytir of Farao,

      ¹⁰ whom sche purchaside `in to the place of sone; and sche clepide his name Moises, and seide, For Y took hym fro the watir.

      ¹¹ In tho daies, aftir that Moises encreesside, he yede out to hise britheren, and seiy the turment of hem, and a man Egipcian smytynge `oon of Ebrews, hise britheren.

      ¹² And whanne he hadde biholdun hidur and thidir, and hadde seyn, that no man was present, he killide the Egipcian, and hidde in soond.

      ¹³ And he yede out in another dai, and seiy tweyne Ebrews chidynge, and he seide to hym that dide wrong, Whi smytist thou thi brother?

      ¹⁴ Which answeride, Who ordeynede thee prince, ether iuge on vs? Whether thou wolt sle me, as thou killidist yisterdai the Egipcian? Moises dredde, and seide, Hou is this word maad opun?

      ¹⁵ And Farao herde this word, and souyte to sle Moyses, which fledde fro his siyt, and dwellide in the lond of Madian, and sat bisidis a pit.

      ¹⁶ Forsothe seuene douytris weren to the preest of Madian, that camen to drawe watir; and whanne the trouyis weren fillid, thei coueitiden to watere `the flockis of her fadir.

      ¹⁷ Scheepherdis camen aboue, and dreuen hem awei; and Moises roos, and defendide the dameselis; and he watride `the scheep of hem.

      ¹⁸ And whanne thei hadden turned ayen to Jetro, her fadir, he seide to hem, Whi camen ye swiftliere than ye weren wont?

      ¹⁹ Thei answeriden, A man of Egipt delyuerede vs fro the hond of scheepherdis; ferthermore and he drow watir with vs, and yaf drynk to the scheep.

      ²⁰ And he seide, Where is that man? whi leften ye the man? clepe ye hym, that he ete breed.

      ²¹ Therfor Moises swoor, that he wolde dwelle with Jetro; and he took a wijf, Sefora, `the douyter of Jetro.

      ²² And sche childide a sone to hym, whom he clepide Gersan, and seide, Y was a comelyng in an alyen lond. Forsothe sche childide an othir sone, whom he clepide Eliezer, and seide, For God of my fadir is myn helpere, and delyuerede me fro the hond of Farao.

      ²³ Forsothe aftir myche tyme the kyng of Egipt diede, and the sones of Israel inwardli

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