A13203:250
[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 I came this day unto the well and said: O LORD / the God of my master Abraham / if it be so that thou makest my journey which I go / prosperous: behold / I stand by this well of water / And when a virgin cometh forth to draw water / and I say to her: give me a little water of thy pitcher to drink / and she say again to me: drink thou / and I will also draw water for thy camels: that same is the wife / whom the LORD hath prepared for my masters son.
And I came this daye vnto the well and sayed: O LORde / the God of my master Abrahā / yf it be so that thou makest my iourney which I go / prosperous: beholde / I stōde by this well of water / And when a virgyn cometh forth to drawe water / and I saye to her: geue me a litle water of thi pitcher to drynke / and she saye agayne to me: dryncke thou / and I will also drawe water for thy camels: that same is the wife / whom the LORde hath prepared for my masters sonne.
And before I had made an end of speaking in mine heart: behold Rebecca came forth / and her pitcher on her shoulder / and she went down unto the well and drew. And I said unto her give me drink. And she made hast and toke down her p••cher from of her / and said: drink / and I will give thy camels drink also. And I drank / and she gave the camels drink also. And I asked her saying: whose daughter art thou? And she answered: the daughter of Bathuell Nahor's son whom Milca bare unto him.
And before I had made an ende of speakynge in myne harte: beholde Rebecca came forth / and hir pitcher on hir shulder / and she went doune vnto the well and drewe. And I sayde vnto her geue me dryncke. And she made hast and toke doune hir p••cher from of hir / ād sayd: drinke / and I will geue thy camels drynke also. And I dranke / and she gaue the camels drynke also. And I asked her saynge: whose doughter art thou? And she answered: the doughter of Bathuell Nahors sonne whome Milca bare vnto him.