On Isaac: Text and Manuscripts

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Ysaac , cum laborante in partu rebecca et oraculum de esau seruituro jacob audiente, apud abimelech in geraris , cum uxorem dixisset sororem , de semine centuplum colligens, tribus puteis eruderatis et quarto facto in bersabee , ibidem federe inito cum abimelech et phicol , esau reprobato, jacob ignarus benedixit.

Isaac, when Rebecca was in labour, heard the prophecy that Esau would serve Jacob. In Gerar with Abimelech, he said his wife was his sister. He gathered one hundredfold from the seed that he planted, dug three wells, and made a fourth at Beersheba. There he initiated an agreement with Abimelech and Phicol. Unknowingly, he rejected Esau and blessed Jacob.

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Version

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 29 (C2)

Ysaac cum
laborante in
partu rebecca.
et oraculum de esau
seruitu
ro iacob audiente.
apud abimelech in
geraris cum uxorem dix
isset sororem. de semi
ne centuplum colligens
tribus puteis erudera
tis. et iiiito. facto in
bersabee . ibidem
federe inito cum
abimelech et phi
col esau reprobato. iacob ignarus benedixit.

Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Ysaac cum laborante in partu rebecca
et oraculum de esau seruituro iacob audiente
apud abimelech in geraris cum uxorem dixisset
sororem. de semine centuplum colligens
tribus puteis eruderatis. et quarto facto ibidem federe
inito cum abimelech et phicol esau reprobato
iacob ignarus benedixit.

Linz, Oberösterreichische Landesbibliothek, Hs. 490 (Schiffmann 26) (Lz1)

Manuscript group AT2

Köln, Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln, W 247 (Kö)

Manuscript group BE1

Klosterneuburg, Augustiner-Chorherrenstift, Cod. 696 (K)

Manuscript group FR1

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Ysaac
cum labo
rante in
partu re
becca. et
oraculum de
esau ser
uituro ia
cob audi
ente. apud abimelech in geraris cum uxorem dixisset sororem. de semine
centuplum colligens. tribus puteis eruderatis. et iiiito. facto in ber
sabee. ibidem federe inito cum abymelech et phycol. esau reprobato.
iacob ignarus benedixit.

Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek, Cod. Sal. IX, 40 (H)

Manuscript group GB3

Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.15.5 (C)

Manuscript group GB6

Ysaac cum laborante in partu rebecca et ora
culum de esau seruituro iacob audiente
apud abimelech ingeraris perergrinatus cum uxorem
dixisset sororem suam de semine centuplum colligens tribus puteis eruderatis. et .iiiio. facto
in bersabee. ibidem federe inito cum abimelech et phicol esau reprobato iacob
ignarus benedixit.

Version 2

Cleveland, Museum of Art, 1973.5 (Cl)

Admont, Benediktinerstift, Cod. 128 (Ad)

Manuscript group AT3

Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 15.11 (F1)

Manuscript group FR3

Version 3

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 83 (C3)

Manuscript group GB2

Version 4

Frankfurt am Main, Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. germ. quart 13 (Fm)

Manuscript group CH1

Version 6

Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. Apel 1 (Le1)

Manuscript group NL1

Citation recommendation

On Isaac: Text and Manuscripts. In: Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae: a research platform and edition, ed. by Andrea Worm, et al., Graz: 2026. https://gams.uni-graz.at/query:chigc.thirdlayer?params=$1|t-ysaac.

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Project principal investigators: Andrea Worm, Roman Bleier and Patrick Sahle
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