[The Pentateuch]

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law again and said unto him: let me goo (I pray thee) and turn again unto my brethren which are in Egypt, that I may see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses: goo in peace. And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian: return again in to Egypt for they are dead which went about to kill thee And Moses toke his wife and his sons and put them on an ass, and went again to Egypt, and toke the rod of God in his hand.

And Moses went ād returned to Iethro his father in lawe agayne ād seyde vnto hī: let me goo (I praye the) ād turne agayne vnto my brethern which are in Egipte, that I may se whether they be yet alyue. And Iethro sayde to Moses: goo in peace. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses in Madiā: returne agayne in to Egipte for they are dead which wēt aboute to kyll the And Moses toke his wife and his sonnes and put them on an asse, and went agayne to Egipte, and toke the rodd of God in his hande.

And the Lord said unto Moses: when thou art come in to Egypt again, see that thou do all the wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart, so that he shall not let the people goo. And tell Pharaoh, thus saith the Lord: Israel is mine eldest son, and therefore saith unto thee: let my son goo, that he may serve me. If thou wilt not let him goo: behold, I will slay thine ⟨image 105⟩eldest son.

And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: when thou art come in to Egipte agayne, se that thou doo all the wondres before Pharao which I haue put in thy hande: but I will harden his herte, so that he shall not let the people goo. And tell Pharao, thus sayth the Lorde: Israel is mine eldest sonne, and therfore sayth vnto the: let my sonne goo, that he may serue me. Yf thou wilt not let hī goo: beholde, I will slee thine ⟨image 105⟩eldest sonne.