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The History of Joseph the Carpenter

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Section 2

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2. There was a man whose name was Joseph,

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sprung

from

a

family

of

Bethlehem

,

a

town

of

Judah

,

and

the

city

of

King

David

.

This

same

man

,

being

well

furnished

with

wisdom

and

learning

,

was

made

a

priest

in

the

temple

of

the

Lord

.

He

was

,

besides

,

skilful

in

his

trade

,

which

was

that

of

a

carpenter

;

and

after

the

manner

of

all

men

,

he

married

a

wife

.

Moreover

,

he

begot

for

himself

sons

and

daughters

,

four

sons

,

namely

,

and

two

daughters

.

Now

these

are

their

names

—

Judas

,

Justus

,

James

,

and

Simon

.

The

names

of

the

two

daughters

were

Assia

and

Lydia

.

At

length

the

wife

of

righteous

Joseph

,

a

woman

intent

on

the

divine

glory

in

all

her

works

,

departed

this

life

.

But

Joseph

,

that

righteous

man

,

my

father

after

the

flesh

,

and

the

spouse

of

my

mother

Mary

,

went

away

with

his

sons

to

his

trade

,

practising

the

art

of

a

carpenter

.