Abraham

Abraham wæs Israhelþeodes heafodfæder and leodfruma. He wæs Thare sunu and geboren in Vr Chaldea. Ær hatte he Abram, and Abrames wif wæs Sarai, seo wæs in hiera lande untumende.

Genesis seo boc telleð us hu her swutolað þæs ælmihtign Godes mildheortnysse ⁊ his wundra, hu he Abraham ceas ⁊ his bletsunga to him sealde ⁊ his ofspringe.

Be Godes bletsung fang Abram his niw naman 'Abraham' and his wif weard 'Sarah'.

Ðan Abraham and Sarah wæron eald bar Sarah hiere sunu se hatte Issac. gehaten. God ætiewde on fela gesihðum þa behat and Abraham is oft gemærsod swa fruma Iudeiscre geleafan. His spell is acyþed on Genesis.

Abrahames sunu, Isaac, hæfde tu bearn, þa hatten Iacob and Esau. Iacob fang æfterwearde his naman Israhel and of him is Israhelinga frumcyn.