Sem
Appearance
Sem (Hebrēisce: שֵׁם) wæs Noe ieldsta sunu. His twegen breðer wæron Cham and Iapheth. We leornaþ of him in Genesis þære bec in capitlum u oð xi.
Semes bearn sind Elam, Asur, Arfaxad, Ludim and Aram, and dehter þara naman ne cenneþ we. Abraham is of Arfaxades rihtcyne.
He giefð his naman þara þeodum þa hatað 'Semingas' and hiera gereordum.
Mǣġþ
[adihtan | adihtan fruman]10. 21. Sem, Noes ylsta suna, gestrynde fif sunu. 22. Elam, Asur, Arfaxad ⁊ Ludim ⁊ Aram.
11. 10. Þas synd Semes mægþa. Sem, þa þa he wæs anhund geare, þa gestrynde he Arfaxat twam gearum æfter þam flode. 11. ⁊ he lyfode syððon .v. hund geare ⁊ gestrynde sunn ⁊ dohtra.
Fruman
[adihtan | adihtan fruman]- ↑ The Old English Version of The Heptateuch, Aelfric’s Treatise on the Old and New Testament, and his Preface to Genesis