A13203:307
[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 Ruben went out in the wheat harvest & foū de mandragoras in the fields / and brought them unto his mother Lea. Than said Rachel to Lea give me of thy sons mandragoras. And Lea answered: is it not enough / that thou hast taken away my husband / but wouldest take away my sons mandragoras also? Than said Rachel well / let him sleep with the this night / for thy sons mandragoras. And when Jacob came from the fields at even / Lea went our to mere him / & said: come into me / for I have bought ⟨p. xlij⟩the with my sons mandragoras.
And Rubē wēt out in the wheatharuest & foū de mandragoras in the feldes / and brought thē vnto his mother Lea. Than sayde Rahel to Lea geue me of thy sonnes mādragoras. And Lea answered: is it not ynough / yt thou hast takē awaye my housbōde / but woldest take awaye my sonnes mandragoras also? Than sayde Rahel well / let him slepe with the this nyghte / for thy sonnes mandragoras. And whē Jacob came from the feldes at euen / Lea went our to mere him / & sayde: come into me / for I haue bought ⟨p. xlij⟩the with my sonnes mandragoras.
And he slept with her that night. And God heard Lea / that she conceived and bare onto Jacob y• .v. son. Than said Lea. God hath give me my reward / because I gave my maiden to my husband / and she called him Issachar. And Lea conceived yet again and bare Jacob the sex•e son. Than said she: God hath endowed me with a good dowry. Now will my husband dwell with me / because I have borne him .vi. sons: and called his name Zebulun. After that she bare a daughter and called her Dinah.
And he slepte with her that nyghte. And God herde Lea / yt she cōceaued and bare onto Jacob y• .v. sonne. Than sayde Lea. God hath geue me my rewarde / because I gaue my maydē to my housbōd / and she called him Isachar. And Lea cōceaued yet agayne and bare Jacob the sexe sonne. Than sayde she: God hath endewed me with a good dowry. Now will my housbond dwell with me / because I haue borne him .vi. sonnes: and called his name Zabulō. After that she bare a doughter and called her Dina.