Excerpt: ...and 20clipode his naman, and cwæþ him þus tō: 'Nim þīnne ān-cęnnedan sunu Isaāc, þe þū lufast, and far tō þǣm 69 lande Visionis hraþe, and ġe·offra hine þǣr uppan ānre dūne.' Abrahām þā ā·rās on þǣre ilcan nihte, and fērde mid 25twǣm cnapum tō þǣm fierlenum lande, and Isaāc samod, on assum rīdende. Þā on þǣm þriddan dæġe, þā hīe þā dūne ġe·sāwon, þǣr þǣr hīe tō scoldon tō of·slēanne Isaāc, þā cwæþ Abrahām tō þǣm twǣm cnapum þus: 'Andbīdiaþ ēow hēr mid þǣm 30assum sume hwīle! ic and þǣt ċild gāþ unc tō ġe·biddenne, and wit siþþan cumaþ sōna eft tō ēow.' Abrahām þā hēt Isaāc beran þone wudu tō þǣre stōwe, and hē self bær his sweord and fȳr. Isaāc þa āscode Abrahām his fæder: 'Fæder mīn, ic āsciġe hwǣr sēo offrung sīe; 35hēr is wudu and fȳr.' Him andwyrde se fæder: 'God foresċēawaþ, mīn sunu, him self þā offrunge.' Hīe cōmon þā tō þǣre stōwe þe him ġe·sweotolode God; and hē þǣr weofod ā·rǣrde on þā ealdan wīsan, and þone wudu ġe·lōgode swā swā hē hit wolde habban tō his suna 40bærnette, siþþan hē of·slæġen wurde. Hē ġe·band þā his sunu, and his sweord ā·tēah, þæt hē hine ġe·offrode on þā ealdan wīsan. Mid þǣm þe hē wolde þǣt weorc be·ġinnan, þā clipode Godes ęnġel arodlīce of...
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