A13203:545
[The Pentateuch]
printed by Hans Luft i.e. Johan Hoochstraten, 1530
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¶ The first Chapter.
These are the names of the children of Israel, which came to Egypt with Jacob / every man with his household: Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher. All the souls that came out of the Joins of Jacob, were .lxx. and Joseph was in Egypt all ready. when Joseph was dead and all his brethren and all that generation: the children of Israel grew, increased, multiplied and waxed exceeding mighty: so that the land was full of them.
THese are the names of the children of Israel, which came to Egipte with Iacob / euery man with his housholde: Rubē, Simeon, Leui, Iuda, Isachar, Zabulon, Beniamin, Dan, Neptali, Gad ād Aser. All the soules that came out of the Ioynes of Iacob, were .lxx. and Ioseph was in Egipte all redie. when Ioseph was dead and all his brethern and all that generation: the children of Israel grewe, encreased, multiplied and waxed enceadinge myghtie: so that the londe was full of them.
Then there rose up a new king in Egypt which knew not Joseph. And he said unto his folk: behold the people of the children of Israel are moo and mightier than we. Come on, let us play wisely with them: lest they multiply, and then (if there chance any war) they join them selves unto our enemies and fight against us, and so get them out of the land.
Then there rose vp a new kynge in Egipte which knewe not Ioseph. And he sayde vnto his folke: beholde the people of the childrē of Israel are moo ād mightier than we. Come on, let vs playe wisely with them: lest they multiplie, and then (yf there chaunce any warre) they ioyne them selues vnto oure enimies and fyghte ageynst vs, and so gete them out of the lande.