Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be.
Which Abraham ayens hope bileuede in to hope, þat he schulde be maad fader of many folkis, as it was seid to hym, Þus schal thi seed be, as þe sterris of heuene, and as þe grauel þat is in þe brenke of þe see.