A13203:276
[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.
When Esau was .xl. year old / he toke to wife Judith the daughter of Berry an Hittite / and Basmath the ••ughter of Elon an Hittite also / which were disobedient unto Isaac and Rebecca▪ ⟨image 45⟩And it came to pass that Isaac waxed old & his eyes were dim / so that he could not see. Than ca••ed he Esau his eldest son & said on to him: mi son. And he said unto him: hear am I. And he said: behold / I am old and know not the day of mi death: Now therefore take thy weapons / thy quiver & thy bow / & get the rothe fields & take me some venison & make me meat such as I love / & bring it me & let me eat that my sou•• ▪ may bless the before that I dye:
WHen Esau was .xl. yere olde / he toke to wyfe Iudith the doughter of Bery an Hethite / and Basmath the ••ughter of Elon an Hethite also / which were dishobedient vnto Isaac and Rebecca▪ ⟨image 45⟩And it came to passe that Isaac wexed olde & his eyes were dymme / so that he coude nat see. Thā ca••ed he Esau his eldest sonne & sayde on to him: mi sonne. And he sayde vnto hym: heare am I. And he sayde: beholde / I am olde ād knowe not the daye of mi deth: Now therfore take thi weapēs / thy quiver & thi bowe / & gett the rothe feldes & take me some venyson & make me meate such as I loue / & brynge it me & let me eat that my sou•• ▪ may blesse the before that I dye:
But Rebecca hard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And as soon as Esau was gone to the field to catch venison & to bring it / she spake unto Jacob her son saying? Behold I have heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother & saying: bring me venison & make me meat that I may eat & bless the before the LORD ere I dye. Now therefore my son hear my voice in that which I command thee: get the to the flock / & bring me thence .ij. good fiddes / & I will make meat of them for thy father / such as he loveth. And thou shalt bring it to thy father & he shall eat / y he may bliss the before his death