A13203:150
[The Pentateuch]
printed by Hans Luft i.e. Johan Hoochstraten, 1530
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
xv. Chapter.
After these deeds / y• word of God came unto Abram in a vision saying fear not Abram / I am thy sh•lde / and thy reward shall be exceeding great. And Abram answered: LORD Jehovah what wilt thou give me: I goo childless / and the cater of mine house / this Eleazar of Damasco hath a son. And Abram said: see / to me hast thou given no seed: lo / a lad borne in my house shall be mine heir.
AFter these deades / y• worde of God came vnto Abram in a vision saynge feare not Abram / I am thy sh•lde / and thy rewarde sholbe exceadynge greate. And Abram answered: LORde Iehouah what wilt thou geue me: I goo childlesse / and the cater of myne housse / this Eleasar of Damasco hath a sonne. And Abram sayd: se / to me hast thou geven no seed: lo / a lad borne in my housse shal be myne heyre.
And behold / the word of the LORD spake unto Abram saying: He shall not be thine heir / but one that shall come out of thine own body shall be thine heir.
And beholde / the worde of the LORde spake vnto Abram sayenge: He shall not be thyne heyre / but one that shall come out of thyne awne bodye shalbe thyne heyre.