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106 hwā dēad syg, and bearn næbbe, þæt his brōðor nyme hys wīf, and strȳne him bearn.

25. Witodlīce mid ūs wǣrun seofun gebrōþru; and sē forma fette wīf, and forð fērde, and lǣfde hys brēþer his wīf būtan bearne;

26. and sē ōðer eal swā, and sē þrydda, oþ ðone seofoþan.

27. Þā æt sīþemestan forþ fērde þæt wīf.

28. Hwylces þǣra seofona byð þæt wīf on þām ǣriste? ealle hig hæfdon hig.

29. Đā andswarode sē Hǣlend hym and cwæð, Gē dweliað, and ne cunnon hālige gewritu, nē Godes mægen.

30. Witodlīce ne wīfiað hig, nē hig ne ceorliað on þām ǣryste, ac hig synt swylce Godes englas on heofone.

31. Ne rǣdde gē be dēadra manna ǣryste þæt ēow fram Gode gesǣd wæs,

32. Ic eom Abrahames God, and Isaaces God, and Iacobes God? Nys God nā dēadra, ac lybbyndra.

33. Þā þæt folc þæt gehȳrde, þā wundrudon hig hys lāre.