geheald þu min folc mine fæste æ ahyldaþ eowre earan þæt ge holdlice mines muþes word mihte gehyran

ic on anlicnessum ærest ontyne mines sylfes muþ secggean onginne þa on worldricum wæron æt frymþe

ealle þa we oncneowan cuþ ongeaton and ure fæderas us æror sægdon

noldan hi þa swiþe heora synna dyrnan ac ylda gehwylc oþrum cyþde

sægdon lof symble leofum drihtne and his þa myclan miht mænigu wundur þa he geworhte wera cneorissum

he aweahte gewitnesse on iacobe goode and strange and israhelum æ gesette

þa he fæste bebead fæderum ussum þæt hi heora bearnum budun and sægdun and cinn oþrum cyþden and mærden

gif bearn wære geboren þam fæder him sceolde se yldra eall gesæcgan

þæt hi gleawne hiht to gode hæfdan and his weorþlicu weorc gemundon and godes bebodu georne heoldan

ne wesen hi on facne fæderum gelice þæt wæs earfoþcynn yrre and reþe næfdon heora heortan hige gestaþelod nis to wenanne þætte wolde god hiora gasta mid him gyman awiht

effremes bearn ærest ongunnan of bogan stræle bitere sendan þæs hi on wiges dæge wendon æfter

ne heoldan hi halgan drihtnes gewitnesse ne his weorca æ awiht wislice woldan begangan

ealra goddæda hi forgiten hæfdon and þara wundra þe he worhte ær þara heora yldran on locadan

he on ægypta agenum lande him worhte fore wundur mære and on campotanea eac mid soþe

he sæ toslat sealte yþa gefæstnade and hi foran þurh

him wisode wolcen unlytel daga æghwylce swa hit drihten het and him ealle niht oþer beacen fyres leoma folcnede heold

he on westene wide ædran him of stane let strange burnan

of þam wæter cwoman weorude to helpe swyþe wynlice wætera þryþe

þa hi hira firene furþur ehtan and hine on yrre eft gebrohtan heora heafodweard holdne on lande

hi þa on heortan hogedon to niþe and geornlice godes costadan bædan hiora feorum foddur geafe and gramlice be gode spræcan ac we þæs ne wenaþ þæt us witig god mæge bringan to beod gegearwod on þisum westene widum and sidum

þeah þe he of stane streamas lete wæter on willan wynnum flowan

ne we hwæþere wenaþ þæt he wihte mæge mid hlafe þis folc her afedan

syþþan þæt gehyrde halig drihten he ylde þa gyt and eft gespræc wæs gegleded fyr on iacobe and his yrre barn on israhelas

forþon þe hi ne woldon wordum drihtnes lustum gelyfan lare forhogedon

het he þa widan duru wolcen ontynan hea of heofenum and hider rignan manna to mose manna cynne sealde him heofenes hlaf hider on foldan and engla hlaf æton mancynn and hwætenne hæfdon to genihte

and awehte þa windas of heofenum auster ærest and þa affricum

him þa eac feoll ufan flæsc to genihte swa sand sæs oþþe þiss swearte dust coman gefiþrade fugelas swylce

and on middan þa wic manige feollan and ymb hiora selegescotu swiþe geneahhe

swiþe ætan and sade wurdan and hiora lusta lifdan hwile næron hi bescyrede sceattes willan

þa gyt hi on muþe heora mete hæfdon þa him on becwom yrre drihtnes and heora mænige mane swultan æþele israhela eac forwurdan

in eallum hi þissum ihtan synne and noldan his wundrum wel gelyfan

hi heora dagena tid dædun idle and heora geara gancg eac unnytte

þonne he hi sare sloh þonne hi sohton hine and ær leohte to him lustum cwoman

syþþan hi ongeaton þæt wæs god heora fæle fultum freond æt þearfe wæs hea god heora alysend

hi hine lufedan lease muþe ne þæs on heortan hogedan awiht

næs him on hreþre heorte clæne ne hi on gewitnesse wisne hæfdon on hiora fyrhþe fæstne geleafan

he þonne is mildheort and manþwære hiora fyrendædum nolde hi to flymum gedon

he þa manige fram him mangewyrhtan yrre awende eall ne wolde þurh hatne hyge hæleþum cyþan

and he gemunde þæt hi wæran moldan and flæsc gast gangende næs se geancyr eft

hi hine on westenne wordum and dædum on yrre mod eft gebrohtan aweahtan hine on eorþan oft butan wætere

oft hi grimlice godes costodan and israhela god eac abulgan

na gemynd hæfdan hu his seo mycle hand on gewindæge werede and ferede

he ægypti egesan geþywde mid feala tacna and forebeacna in campotaneos þæt wæs cuþ werum

þær he wæterstreamas wende to blode ne meahte wæter drincan wihta ænig

sette him heard wite hundes fleogan and hi ætan eac yfle tostan hæfdan hi eallunga ut aworpen

sealde erucan yfelan wyrme let hiora wyrta wæstme forslitan and hiora gram gewinn hæfdan gærshoppan

heora wingeardas wraþe hægle nede fornamon nænig moste heora hrorra hrim æpla gedigean

sealde heora neat eac swylce hæglum and heora æhta ealle fyre

he æbyligþe on hi bitter and yrre sarlic sende oþ sawlhord and þæt wiþ yfele englas sende

he him weg worhte wraþan yrres ne he heora sawlum deaþ swiþe ne sparude and heora neat niþcwealm forswealh

he þa on þam folce frumbearna gehwylc on ægiptum eall acwealde and frumwæstme folce chames

þa he his folc genam swa fæle sceap lædde geliccast leofe eowde þurh westenas wegas uncuþe

and he hi on hihte holdre lædde næs him on fyrhtu feondes egsa ac ealle þa yþa fornamon

he hi þa gelædde on leofre byrig and haligre þa his hand begeat

and he manige for him mære þeode awearp of wicum sealde him weste land þæt hi mid tane getugan rihte

þa israelas æhte gesætan hrores folces þa hi heanne god gebysmredan noldon his bebodu fæste healdan #

hi awendan aweg nalæs wel dydan swa heora fæderas beforan heoldan and on wiþermede wendan and cyrdan

swa hi his yrre oft aweahtan þonne hi oferhydig up ahofan and him wohgodu worhtan and grofun

þa þæt gehyrde halig drihten he hi forhogode and hraþe syþþan israhela cynn egsan geþyde

and he þa swa gelome wiþsoc snytruhuse wæs his agen hus þær he eard genam ær mid mannum mihtig hæfde

he hi þa on hæftnyd hean gesealde and heora fæger folc on feondes hand

sealde þa his swæs folc sweorde under ecge and his yrfe eac eall forhogode

heora geoguþe eac grimme lige fyr fæþmade fæmnan ne wæran geonge begrette þeah þe hi grame swultan

wæran sacerdas heora sweordum abrotene ne þæt heora widwan wepan mostan

þa wearþ aweaht wealdend drihten swa he slæpende softe reste oþþe swa weorþ man wine druncen

he þa his feondas sloh and him ætfæste eac ece edwit awa to feore

and he georne wiþsoc iosepes huse ne þon ær geceas effremes cynn ac he geceas iudan him geswæs frumcynn on sione byrig þær him wæs symble leof

he þa anhornan ealra gelicast his halige hus her on eorþan getimbrade het þæt teala syþþan on worldrice wunian ece

and him þa dauid geceas deorne esne and genam hine æt eowde ute be sceapum fostur feormade he him onfencg hraþe

he þonne fedeþ folc iacobes and israhela yrfelafe

and he hi þonne butan facne fedeþ syþþan and his folmum syþþan hi forþ lædeþ