[The Pentateuch]

After these deeds / tidings were brought unto Joseph / that his father was seek. And he toke with him his ij. •onnes / Manasseh and Ephraim. Then was it said unto Jacob: behold / thy son Joseph cometh unto thee. And Israel toke his strength unto him / and sat up on the bed / and said unto Joseph: God almighty appeared unto me at •us in the land of Canaan / and blessed me / and said unto me: behold / I will make the grow and will multiply thee / and will make a great number of people of thee / and will give this land unto thee and unto thy seed after y• unto an everlasting possession. Now therefore thy .ij. sons Manasseh and Ephraim which were borne unto the before I came to the / into Egypt / shall be mine: even as Reuben and Simeon shall they be unto me And the children which thou getest after them / shall be thine own: but shall be caller with the names of their brethren in their inheritances.

AFter these deades / tydīges were brought vnto Ioseph / that his father was seke. And he toke with him his ij. •ōnes / Manasses and Ephraim. Then was it sayde vnto Iacob: beholde / thy sonne Ioseph commeth vnto the. And Israel toke his strength vnto him / and satt vp on the bedd / and sayde vnto Ioseph: God allmightie appeared vnto me at •us in the lande of Canaan / ād blessed me / and sayde vnto me: beholde / I will make the growe and will multiplye the / and will ma ke a great nombre of people of the / and will geue this lande vnto the and vnto thy seed after y• vnto an euerlastinge possession. Now therfore thy .ij. sōnes Manasses ād Ephraim which were borne vnto the before I came to the / into Egipte / shalbe myne: euen as Ruben and Simeō shall they be vnto me And the childern which thou getest after them / shalbe thyne awne: but shalbe caller with the names of their brethern in their enheritaunces.

And after I came from Mesopotamia / Rachel dyed upon my •ande in the land of Canaan / by the way: when I had but a fields breed