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"Because Joseph, her husband to be, was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately."
— Matthew 1:19, NET Bible
“Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.”
“And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. ”
“Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.”
“Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.”
“And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.”
“Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.”
and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to Christ, fourteen generations.
The Birth of Jesus Christ Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
Because Joseph, her husband to be, was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately.
When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled: