A13203:323
[The Pentateuch]
printed by Hans Luft i.e. Johan Hoochstraten, 1530
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¶ The .xxxij. Chapter.
Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother / unto the land of Seir and the field of Edom. And he commanded them saying: see that ye speak after ⟨p. xlvi⟩this manner to my lord Esau: thy servant Jacob saith thus. I have sojourned and been a stranger with Laban unto this time: & have gotten oxen / asses and sheep / menservants & we manservants / & have sent to show it un lord / that I may find grace in thy sight.
IAcob sente meessengers before him to Esau his brother / vnto the londe of Seir and the felde of Edom. And he cōmaunded them saynge: se that ye speake after ⟨p. xlvi⟩this maner to my lorde Esau: thy seruaunte Iacob sayth thus. I haue sogerned ād bene a straunger with Laban vnto this tyme: & haue gotten oxen / asses and shepe / menservauntes & we manseruauntes / & haue sent to shewe it un lorde / that I may fynde grace in thy syghte.
And the messengers came again to Jacob saying: we came unto thy brother Esau / and he cometh against thee and .iiij. hundred men with him. Than was Jacob greatly afraid / and wist not which way to turn him self / and divided the people that was with him & the sheep / oxen and camels / in to .ij. companies / and said If Esau come to the one part and smite it / the other may save it self.