A13203:711
[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.
The .xviij. Chapter.
Jethro the priest of Midian Moses father in law heard of all that God had done unto Moses and to Israel his people, how that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. And he toke Ziphora Moses wife, ⟨image 128⟩after she was sent back, and her .ij. sons, of which the one was called Gerson, for he said: I have been an alien in a strange land. And the other was called Eliesar: for the God of my father was mine help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
IEthro the prest of Madian Moses father in lawe herde of all that God had done vnto Moses and to Israel his people, how that the Lorde had broughte Israel out of Egipte. And he toke Ziphora Moses wyfe, ⟨image 128⟩after she was sente backe, and hir .ij. sonnes, of which the one was called Gerson, for he sayde: I haue bene an alient in a straunge lande. And the other was called Eliesar: for the God of my father was myne helpe ād delyuered me from the swerde of Pharao.
And Jethro Moses father in law came with his two sons and his wife unto Moses in to the wilderness: where he had pitched his tent by the mount of God. And he sent word to Moses: I thy father in law Jethro am come to thee, and thy wife also, and her two sons with her. And Moses went out to mete his father in law and did obeisance and kissed him, and they saluted etch other and came in to the tent.