Opening the library…

Home Bible Corpus Discover You

Search the Bible

The History of Joseph the Carpenter

Unknown

Section 4

About this work

Author: Unknown

4. Therefore they immediately sent out, and assembled twelve

‹ Section 3 Section 5 ›

old

men

of

the

tribe

of

Judah

.

And

they

wrote

down

the

names

of

the

twelve

tribes

of

Israel

.

And

the

lot

fell

upon

the

pious

old

man

,

righteous

Joseph

.

Then

the

priests

answered

,

and

said

to

my

blessed

mother

:

Go

with

Joseph

,

and

be

with

him

till

the

time

of

your

marriage

.

Righteous

Joseph

therefore

received

my

mother

,

and

led

her

away

to

his

own

house

.

And

Mary

found

James

the

Less

in

his

father’s

house

,

broken

-

hearted

and

sad

on

account

of

the

loss

of

his

mother

,

and

she

brought

him

up

.

Hence

Mary

was

called

the

mother

of

James

.

Thereafter

Joseph

left

her

at

home

,

and

went

away

to

the

shop

where

he

wrought

at

his

trade

of

a

carpenter

.

And

after

the

holy

virgin

had

spent

two

years

in

his

house

her

age

was

exactly

fourteen

years

,

including

the

time

at

which

he

received

her

.

Notes

9
Luke xxiv. 10.