A13203:226
[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.
Than the angel of the LORD called unto him from heaven saying: Abraham / Abraham. And he answered: here am I. And he said: lay not thy hands upon the child nether do any thing at all unto him / for now I know that thou fearest God / in that thou hast not kept thine only son from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked about: and behold / there was a ram caught by the horns in a thicket. And he went and toke the ram and offered him up for a sacrifice in the stead of his son And Abraham called the name of the place / the LORD will see: wherefore it is a common saying this day: in the mount will the LORD be seen.
Than the angell of the LORde called vnto him from heauen saynge: Abraham / Abraham. And he answered: here am I. And he sayde: laye not thy handes apon the childe nether do any thinge at all vnto him / for now I knowe that thou fearest God / in yt thou hast not kepte thine only sonne frō me. And Abraham lyfted vp his eyes and loked aboute: and beholde / there was a ram caught by the hornes in a thykette. And he went and toke the ram and offred him vp for a sacrifyce in the steade of his sonne And Abraham called the name of the place / the LORde will see: wherfore it is a comē saynge this daye: in the mounte will the LORde be sene.
And the Angel of the LORD cried unto Abraham from heaven the second time saying: by my self have I sooor•e (saith the LORD) because thou hast done this thing and hast not spared thy only son / that I will bless th and multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sound upon the see side. And thy seed shall possess the •ates of his enemies. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed / because thou hast obeyed my voice
And the Angell of the LORde cryed vnto Abraham from heaven the seconde tyme saynge: by my selfe haue I sooor•e (sayth the LORde) because thou hast done this thinge and hast not spared thy only sonne / that I will blesse th and multiplye thy seed as the starres of heaven and as the sonde vpō the see syde. And thy seed shall possesse the ates of hys enymies. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the erth be blessed / because thou hast obeyed my voyce