m 1 (2a)

This fale whan luke callith Caynan made salem.
that afterward and yet is called Jerusalem.

Of this heber ben said after su[m]me men the heber
is. and su[m]me say of Abraham as ho wold sai
abraheis.

Thare myght not bere the wronges doon to hy[m]
of wirshippyng of fire in the lond of chaldee.
where his eldest son Aram was slayn. And than he
went i[n] pylgrymage in to aplace callid Charram in the
cuntry of mesopotamie. and toke with hym Abram and Na
chor and the childer that came of Aram. And after two hun
dred and fyue yere was deed and buried.

Whan abraham was of age fourescore and sexe yere
ysmael his son was borne. And whan he was an
hundred . ysaac was borne. And whan he was sexscore and
eight sara his wife died.

Nachor the son of Thare whan he went out of chal
dee toke to hys wyfe Melcha the dougter of his
broder Aram. and dwellid in Charram in the cuntri of
mesopotamie where his broder died. Nachor had by
his wife Melcha. thre sones. Hus. Buz. and Batuel.
and fyue odir. Of buz came balaam the which after
the ebreis is is callid in Job Œlin [?] buzites.

Aram was strangled in Chaldee. and laste ason
callid loth. and adoughter callid sarai.

Here endith at abraham the secunde age. ha
uyng after the ebreis athousand two
hundred fourescore and twelve yere. And after
the seuenti interpretoures two lasse.

[On the right-hand side of the page is a column of personal names. Each name appears in a circle within a square; the first is aligned with the first line of text, the last is aligned with the last line of text. The names are rendered alternately in red text and black, starting with red. They are: ‘heber’, ‘phaleg’, ‘Reu . l’ Ragau’, ‘Saruch’, ‘Nachor’, ‘Thare’, ‘Abraham’.]