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 the opportunity of judging for himself, a few verses of the first chapter of Genesis are transcribed from each.

A similar examination was next resorted to, for the purpose of ascertaining the source of. The first printed version of the Scriptures into French was from the pen of ; or, as he was more commonly called, Jacobus Faber Stapulensis. It was printed at Antwerp, by Martin L'Empereur. Though its Author was in communion with the Church of Rome, yet the version is "said to be the basis of all subsequent French Bibles, whether executed by Romanists or Protestants." The first Protestant French Bible was published by, with the assistance of his relative, the illustrious , who corrected the Antwerp edition wherever it differed from the Hebrew. It might have been expected that Calvin would have placed this version—made under his own eye, and perfected by his own assistance—without alteration at the head of his Commentaries. But it