A13203:413
[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.
Then Joseph said unto Pharaoh: both Pharaoh's dreams are one. And god doth show Pharaoh what he is about to do. The vij. good kine are. vij years: & the .vij. good ears are .vij. year also / and is but one dream. Likewise / the .vij. thin and evil favoured kine that came out after them / are .vij. years: and the .vij. empty and blasted ears shall be vij. years of hunger. This is that which I said unto Pharaoh / that God doth show Pharaoh what he is about to do.
Then Joseph sayde vnto Pharao: both Pharaos dreames are one. And god doth shewe Pharao what he is aboute to do. The vij. good kyne are. vij yeres: & the .vij. good eares are .vij. yere also / and is but one dreame. Lykewyse / the .vij. thynne and euell fauored kyne that came out after them / are .vij. yeares: and the .vij. emptie and blasted eares shalbe vij. yeares of hunger. This is that which I sayde vnto Pharao / that God doth shewe Pharao what he is aboute to doo.
Behold there shall come .vij. year of great plenteousness through out all the land of Egypt. And there shall arise after them vij. years of hunger. So that all the plenteousness shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt. And the hunger shall consume the land: so that the plenteousness shall not be once asene in the land by reason of that hunger that shall come after / for it shall be exceeding great And as concerning that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh the second time / it betokeneth that the thing is certainly prepared of God / and that God will shortly bring it to pass.
Beholde there shall come .vij. yere of great plenteousnes through out all the lande of Egypte. And there shall aryse after them vij. yeres of hunger. So that all the plenteousnes shalbe forgeten in the lande of Egipte. And the hunger shall consume the lande: so that the plenteousnes shall not be once asene in the land by reason of that hunger that shall come after / for it shalbe exceading great And as concernynge that the dreame was dubled vnto Pharao the second tyme / it be•okeneth that the thynge is certanly prepared of God / ād that God will shortly brynge it to passe.