A13203:486
[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 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 ⟨image 82⟩to goo unto Ephrat. And I buried her there in the way to Ephrat which is now called Bethlehem.
And after I came from Mesopotamia / Rabel dyed apon my •ande in the lande of Canaā / by the waye: when I had but a feldes brede ⟨image 82⟩to goo vnto Ephrat. And I buried her there in ye waye to Ephrat which is now called Bethlehem.
And Israel beheld Josephs sons & said: what are these? And Joseph said unto his father: they are my sons / which God hath given me here. And he said: bring them to me / and let me bless them. And the eyes of Israel were dim for age / so that he could not see. And he brought them to him / and he kissed them and embraced them. And Israel said unto Joseph: I had not thought to have seen thy face / and yet lo / God hath showed it me and also thy seed. And Joseph toke them away from his lap / and they fell on the ground before him.
And Israel behelde Iosephes sonnes & sayde: what are these? And Ioseph sayde vnto his father: they are my sonnes / which God hath geuen me here. And he sayde: brynge them to me / and let me blesse them. And the eyes of Israell were dymme for age / so that he coude not see. And he broughte them to him / ād he kyssed thē and embraced them. And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph: I had not thoughte to haue sene thy face / and yet loo / God hath shewed it me and also thy seed. And Ioseph toke them awaye from his lappe / and they fell on the grounde before him.