And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when 'any of' the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
And þe men of Galaad ocupieden þe forthis of Jordan, bi whiche Effraym schulden turne ayen. And whanne a man fleynge of þe  noumbre of Effraym hadde come to tho forthis, and hadde seid, Y biseche, þat thou suffre me passe; men of Galaad seiden to hym, Wheþer thou art a man of Effraym? And whanne he seide, Y am not,