[The Pentateuch]

¶ The .xxix. Chapter.

Then Jacob lift up his feet & went toward the east country. And as he looked about / behold there was a well in the field / and .iij. flocks of sheep lay thereby (for at that well were the flocks watered) & there lay a great stone at the well mouth And the manner was to bring the flocks thither / & to roll the stone from the wells mouth and to water the sheep / and to put the stone again ⟨p. xlij⟩upon the wells mouth unto his place.

THen Jacob lyfte vp his fete & wēt toward the east countre. And as he loked aboute / behold there was a well in the feld / and .iij. flockes of shepe laye therby (for at that well were the flockes watered) & there laye a great stone at the well mouth And the maner was to brynge the flockes thyther / & to roull the stone frō the welles mouth and to water the shepe / and to put the stone agayne ⟨p. xlij⟩vppon the wells mouth vnto his place.

And Jacob said unto them: brethren / when ce be ye? and they said: of Haran are we. And he said unto them: know ye Laban the son of Nahor. And they said: we know him. And he said unto them: is he in good health? And they said: he is in good health: and behold / his daughter Rachel cometh with y• sheep. And he said: lo / it is yet a great while to night / nether is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water the sheep and goo and feed them. And they said: we may not / until all the flocks be brought together & the stone be rolled from the wells mouth / and so we water our sheep.