hwā dēad syg, and bearn næbbe, þæt his brōðor nyme hys wīf, and strȳne him bearn.[1]
25. Witodlīce mid ūs wǣrun seofun gebrōþru; and sē forma fette wīf, and forð fērde, and lǣfde hys brēþer his wīf būtan bearne;[2]
26. and sē ōðer eal swā, and sē þrydda, oþ ðone seofoþan.[3]
27. Þā æt sīþemestan forþ fērde þæt wīf.[4]
28. Hwylces þǣra seofona byð þæt wīf on þām ǣriste? ealle hig hæfdon hig.[5]
29. Đā andswarode sē Hǣlend hym and cwæð, Gē dweliað, and ne cunnon hālige gewritu, nē Godes mægen.[6]
30. Witodlīce ne wīfiað hig, nē hig ne ceorliað on þām ǣryste, ac hig synt swylce Godes englas on heofone.[7]
31. Ne rǣdde gē be dēadra manna ǣryste þæt ēow fram Gode gesǣd wæs,[8]
32. Ic eom Abrahames God, and Isaaces God, and Iacobes God? Nys God nā dēadra, ac lybbyndra.[9]
33. Þā þæt folc þæt gehȳrde, þā wundrudon hig hys lāre.[10]
