to be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, who was great with child.
to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.
in order to register with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was with child.
To be enrolled with Mary, his espoused (married) wife, who was about to become a mother.
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant.
to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant.
He went to be enrolled together with Mary, who was promised to him in marriage and who was pregnant.
to be registered, with Miryam, to whom he was engaged, and who was pregnant.
Mary was engaged to Joseph and traveled with him to Bethlehem. She was soon going to have a baby,
to be inscribed in the census roll with Mary who was betrothed to him [as his] wife, she being great with child.
so as to register himself with Mary, the one having been promised-in-marriage to him, being pregnant.
To be enrolled with Mary his espoused wife, who was with child.
Joseph registered with Mary because she was engaged to marry him. (She was now pregnant.)
Joseph took Mary with him so that the Romans could count them. She went because she had promised to marry him. She was pregnant.
He went to be registered with Mary, his wife, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.
to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
Joseph registered with Mary, to whom he was ·engaged [pledged to be married; see 1:27] and who was now pregnant.
To be taxed with Mary that was given him to wife, which was with child.
Joseph went there to register with Mary. She had been promised to him in marriage and was pregnant.
He went to register with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him. She was pregnant,
to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant.
Joseph registered with Mary because she was engaged to marry him. (Mary was now pregnant.)
He went there to be registered with Mary, who had been promised to him in marriage and was pregnant.
At that time a proclamation was made by Caesar Augustus that all the inhabited world should be registered. This was the first census, undertaken while Cyrenius was governor of Syria and everybody went to the town of his birth to be registered. Joseph went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to David’s town, Bethlehem, in Judea, because he was a direct descendant of David, to be registered with his future wife, Mary, now in the later stages of her pregnancy. So it happened that it was while they were there in Bethlehem that she came to the end of her time. She gave birth to her first child, a son. And as there was no place for them inside the inn, she wrapped him up and laid him in a manger.
to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
in order to register along with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was with child.
to be registered together with Mary, who was legally promised in marriage to him and was pregnant.
He took with him Mary, his fiancée, who was obviously pregnant by this time.
About that time Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Empire. This was the first census when Quirinius was governor of Syria. Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral hometown to be accounted for. So Joseph went from the Galilean town of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David’s town, for the census. As a descendant of David, he had to go there. He went with Mary, his fiancée, who was pregnant.
to be taxed with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child.
to be registered with Mary, who was pledged in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child.
Joseph went there to register with Mary. She had been promised to him in marriage and was pregnant.
to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
in order to register along with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was pregnant.
in order to register along with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with child.
He went to be registered together with Mary, his betrothed, who was expecting a child.
Joseph registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was now pregnant.
He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child.
He went there with Mary to be listed. Mary was engaged to him. She was expecting a baby.
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.
to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child.
Joseph went to have his and Mary’s names written in the books of the nation. Mary was his promised wife and soon to become a mother.
He took with him Mary, to whom he was engaged, who was now expecting a child.
to be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, who was with child.
He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child.
He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child.
He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child.
He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child.
to be registered with his fiancée Mary, who was pregnant.
And Yosef [ben Dovid] went up to register with Miryam, who had been given to him in erusin (betrothal) and who was with child.
to register with Mary (his betrothed), who was with child.
to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
He went to register with Miriam, who was engaged to him and was pregnant.
Mary’s fiancé Joseph, from Nazareth in Galilee, had to participate in the census in the same way everyone else did. Because he was a descendant of King David, his ancestral city was Bethlehem, David’s birthplace. Mary, who was now late in her pregnancy that the messenger Gabriel had predicted,
to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.
He went to have his name written in the book. Joseph took Mary with him. She was promised to Joseph to be his wife. She was going to have a baby.
that he should acknowledge with Mary, his wife, that was wedded to him, and was great with child. [that he should acknowledge with Mary, spoused to him wife, with child.]
to enroll himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child.
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