A13203:178
[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.
And Abraham went a pace in to his tent unto Sarah and said: make ready at once three pe• kes of fine meal / knead it and make cakes. And Abraham ran unto his beasts and felt • calf that was tender and good / and gave it •• to a young man which made it ready atone. And he toke butter & milk and the calf which he had prepared / and set it before them / and so de hymselfe by them under the tree: and they ate.
And Abrahā went a pace in to his tent vnto Sara ād sayde: make redy att once thre pe• kes of fyne meale / kneade it and make cakes. And Abraham ran vnto his beastes and felt • calfe that was tendre and good / and gaue it •• to a yonge man which made it redy atton•e. And he toke butter & myl•ke and the calfe which he had prepared / and sett it before them / and so de hymselfe by them vnder the tree: and they ate.
And they said unto him: Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said: in the tent. And he said: I will come again unto thee as soon as the fruit can live. And lo: Sarah thy wife shall have a son. That heard Sarah / out of the tent door which was behind his back. Abraham and Sarah were both old and well stricken in age / and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner as it is with wives. And Sarah laughed in her self saying: Now I am waxed old / shall I give my self to lust / and my lord old also?
And they sayde vnto him: Where is Sara thy wife? And he sayde: in the tent. And he sayde: I will come agayne vnto the as soone as the frute can lyue. And loo: Sara thy wife shall haue a sonne. That herde Sara / out of the tent doore which was behind his backe. Abraham and Sara were both olde and well stryken in age / and it ceased to be with Sara after the maner as it is wyth wyves. And Sara laughed in hir selfe saynge: Now I am waxed olde / shall I geue my selfe to lust / and my lorde olde also?