Noe

Noe ƿæs, be Biblioþēce, an æftercẏn of Seþ, sunu þæs Adam. His spell stent on þǣre bōc þe hātte Genesis, and is ānra þāra mǣst gecūþra saga on crīstenum ġelēafan. Þēos saga is oft ġetald sƿā sōþre ġedōn, ac hēo hæfþ ġelīcnesse mẏþa and folcġedƿimores. Sēo saga be þǣm flōde Be þǣre bibliscan lār God sæde Noe þæt hē sċeolde timbran micel sċip, þæt arc ġehāten, tō gehealdanne hine sylfne, his ƿīf, and his þrēo bearn, Sem, Ham, and Japheth, mid heora ƿīfum, and ēac ælc cyn landes deora and fugela. Folc Noe bẏsmrode, ac hē ġehẏrsumode þǣre bebode. On Noes six hund ƿintra līfe, on ðǣm oðrum mōnþe and on ðone seofonteoðan dæġ, asprungon, be þǣre saga, ealle ƿẏllspringas ðǣre miclan nẏwelnẏsse, and hit rinde feowertiġ daga and feowertiġ nihta ofer eorðan. Æfter langre tīde gesƿaċ se ren, þā ƿæteru ætglidon, and þæt arc landode on Ararat muntum. Noe and his mǣgðe þā ut ēodon, and hi gesāƿon renboga, þone þe se God, be lār, set tō behāte. Æfter þǣm flōde Be þǣre ilcan saga Noes mǣgð and ealle nẏtenu eft eorðan gefẏldon. Þæt mihte nānre wīsan ġelimpan būtan þurh sibbe mid sibbe, þæt is þurh ġehæftnesse nāhġenġra mǣga. Biblisċ cita Biblisc cita (Genesis): 7. 1. And God cƿæð to him: Gang in to ðam arce ⁊ eal ðin hiƿræden, ðe iċ ġeseah soðlice rihtƿisne ætforan me on þisre mægðe. 2. Nim in to ðe of eallum clænum nẏtenum seofan ⁊ seofau aegðres gecẏndes ⁊ of unclænum tƿam ⁊ tƿam. 3. ⁊ of fugelcẏnne seofan ⁊ seofan ægðres gecẏndes, ⁊ sæd si gehealden ofer ealre eorðan bradnẏsse! 4. Iċ soðliċe sende ren nu enbe seofan niht ofer eorðan feowertiġ daga ⁊ feowertiġ nihta togædere ⁊ iċ adẏlegie ealle ða edƿiste, ðe iċ ƿorhte ofer eorðan bradnẏsse. 5. Noe ða dẏde ealle ða ðinge ðe him God bebead. 8. 1 ⁊ God ða gemunde Noes fare ⁊ ðæra nẏtena ðe him mid ƿæron, ⁊ asende ƿind ofer eorðan, ⁊ ða ƿæteru ƿurdon geƿanode. 2. ⁊ ða ƿylspringa ðært miclan nẏƿelnẏsse ƿurdon fordẏtte ⁊ ðære heofonan ƿæterðeotan, ⁊ se ren ƿearð forboden. 18. Noe ða ut eode of ðan arċe, ⁊ hi ealle ofer eorðan. Sōþfæstnes be ðære niƿan ƿīsdome Þēos saga is folċes fantasiġ and mẏþ, nā sōþ ġedōn. Noes līf, þæt hē sīe six hund ƿintra lange, ne ġelīcþ nānre ġesēon ne ġecẏndelīċum cræfte. Sƿelċra aldordōmes and sƿelċes flōdes is nān andġitlic ġetācnung on þǣre ƿorulde, ac mānað tō ġelēafan, nā tō ƿīsdōme. Fruman