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The History of Joseph the Carpenter

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Section 7

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7. Some time after that, there came forth an

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order

from

Augustus

Cæsar

the

king

,

that

all

the

habitable

world

should

be

enrolled

,

each

man

in

his

own

city

.

The

old

man

therefore

,

righteous

Joseph

,

rose

up

and

took

the

virgin

Mary

and

came

to

Bethlehem

,

because

the

time

of

her

bringing

forth

was

at

hand

.

Joseph

then

inscribed

his

name

in

the

list

;

for

Joseph

the

son

of

David

,

whose

spouse

Mary

was

,

was

of

the

tribe

of

Judah

.

And

indeed

Mary

,

my

mother

,

brought

me

forth

in

Bethlehem

,

in

a

cave

near

the

tomb

of

Rachel

the

wife

of

the

patriarch

Jacob

,

the

mother

of

Joseph

and

Benjamin

.