[The Pentateuch]

Jacob answered & said to Laban: because I was afraid / & thought that thou wouldest have taken away thy daughters fro me. But with whom soever thou findest thy gods / let him dye here before our brethren. Seek that thine is by me / & take it to thee: for Jacob wist not that Rachel had stolen them. Than went Laban in to Jacobs tent / & in to Leas tent / & in to .ij. maidens tents: but found them not. Than went he out of Leas tent / & entered in to Rachels tent. And Rachel •oke the images / & put them in the camels straw & sate down upon them. And Laban searched all the tent: but found them not. Than said she to her father: my lord / be not angry that I can not rise up before thee / for the disease of women is come upon me. So searched be / but found them not.

Iacob answerd & sayde to Labā: because I was afrayed / & thought that thou woldest haue takē awaye thy doughters fro me. But with whome soeuer thou fyndest thy goddes / let him dye here before oure brethrē. Seke that thine is by me / & take it to the: for Iacob wist not that Rahel had stollē thē. Thā wēt Labā in to Iacobs tēte / & in to Leas tēte / & in to .ij. maydens tentes: but fownde thē not. Thā wēt he out of Leas tēte / & entred in to Rahels tēte. And Rahel •oke the ymages / & put them in the camels strawe & sate doune apō thē. And Labā serched all the tēte: but fownde thē not. Thā sayde she to hir father: my lorde / be not angrye yt Icā not ryse vp before the / for the disease of wemē is come apon me. So searched be / but foūde thē not.

Jacob was wroth & chode with Laban: Jacob also answered and said to him: what have I tre••aced or what have I offended / that thou followeddest after me? Thou hast searched all my stuff / and what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? put it here before thy brethren & mine / & let them judge betwixt us both. This xx. year y• I have been with the / thy sheep and thy ••oores have not been barren / and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. What soever was torn of beasts I brought it not unto y /