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Prior to 1630, English still used the same alphabet it does today. The only difference was the letter J did not exist, and the spelling wasn't 100% standardized.

Since around the 9th century, English has been written in the Latin alphabet, which replaced Anglo-Saxon runes. The spelling system, or orthography, is multilayered, with elements of French, Latin and Greek spelling on top of the native Germanic system; it has grown to vary significantly from the phonology of the language. The spelling of words often diverges considerably from how they are spoken.

Here is an example of English writing from the 14th Century:

Whan that Aueryłł wt his shoures soote,The droghte of Marcħ, hath perced to the roote;And bathed euery veyne in switch lycour,Of which vertu engendred is the flour;Whan zephirus eek wt his sweete breeth,Inspired hath in euery Holt and heeth;The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne,Hath in the Ram, his half cours yronne;And smale foweles, maken melodye,That slepen al the nyght with open iye;So priketh hem nature, in hir corages,Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrymages;And Palmeres for to seeken straunge strondes,To ferne halwes, kouthe in sondry londes;And specially, from euery shyres ende,Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende;The holy blisful martir for to seke,That hem hath holpen whan þt they weere seeke.

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Q: The English alphabet with 26 letters is only since 1630 how could there be translations of the bible in to a alphabet that did not exist?
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