And Joseph her husband, being a just man and not willing to make her a public 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.
And Joseph her [promised] husband, being a just and righteous man and not wanting to expose her publicly to shame, planned to send her away and divorce her quietly.
And her [promised] husband Joseph, being a just and upright man and not willing to expose her publicly and to shame and disgrace her, decided to repudiate and dismiss (divorce) her quietly and secretly.
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
So her husband, Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.
So her husband, Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.
Joseph her husband was a righteous man. Because he didn’t want to humiliate her, he decided to call off their engagement quietly.
Her husband-to-be, Yosef, was a man who did what was right; so he made plans to break the engagement quietly, rather than put her to public shame.
Joseph was a good man and did not want to embarrass Mary in front of everyone. So he decided to quietly call off the wedding.
But Joseph, her husband, being [a] righteous [man], and unwilling to expose her publicly, purposed to have put her away secretly;
And Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to publicly-expose her, intended to send 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.
Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a good man. He did not want to cause her public disgrace, so he planned to divorce her secretly.
Joseph was a good man. He wanted to do what was right. He did not want her to become ashamed in front of people. So he decided to stop their marriage secretly.
Joseph, her husband, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her. So he decided to divorce her privately.
And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
Because Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a ·good [righteous] man, he did not want to disgrace her in public, so he planned to ·divorce her [end the engagement] ·secretly [privately; quietly].
Then Joseph her husband being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
Her husband Joseph was an honorable man and did not want to disgrace her publicly. So he decided to break the marriage agreement with her secretly.
Joseph was a man who always did what was right, but he did not want to disgrace Mary publicly; so he made plans to break the engagement privately.
So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.
Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a good man. He did not want to disgrace her in public, so he planned to divorce her secretly.
Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to disgrace her, decided to divorce her secretly.
The birth of Jesus Christ happened like this. When Mary was engaged to Joseph, just before their marriage, she was discovered to be pregnant—by the Holy Spirit. Whereupon Joseph, her future husband, who was a good man and did not want to see her disgraced, planned to break off the engagement quietly. But while he was turning the matter over in his mind 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! What she has conceived is conceived through the Holy Spirit, and she will give birth to a son, whom you will call Jesus (‘the Saviour’) for it is he who will save his people from their sins.”
Then Joseph her husband, being just and not willing to expose her publicly, desired to leave her secretly.
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
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 wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.
So Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to disgrace her, intended to divorce her secretly.
Then Joseph, her fiancé, being a man of stern principle, decided to break the engagement but to do it quietly, as he didn’t want to publicly disgrace her.
The birth of Jesus took place like this. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. Before they enjoyed their wedding night, Joseph discovered she was pregnant. (It was by the Holy Spirit, but he didn’t know that.) Joseph, chagrined but noble, determined to take care of things quietly so Mary would not be disgraced.
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man and not willing to make her a public example, had in mind to divorce her privately.
Because her husband Joseph · · was a just man and unwilling to disgrace her in public, he planned to release her quietly.
Her husband Joseph was an honorable man and did not want to disgrace her publicly. So he decided to break the marriage agreement with her secretly.
Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly.
And her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.
Her husband Joseph was a just man and did not wish to expose her to the ordeal of public disgrace; therefore, he resolved to divorce her quietly.
Because Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a good man, he did not want to disgrace her in public, so he planned to divorce her secretly.
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.
Her husband Joseph was faithful to the law. But he did not want to put her to shame in public. So he planned to divorce her quietly.
Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
Joseph was her promised husband. He was a good man and did not want to make it hard for Mary in front of people. He thought it would be good to break the promised marriage without people knowing it.
Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.
Then Joseph her husband, being an upright man, and loathe to make an example of her, was minded to put her away quietly.
Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly.
Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly.
Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly.
Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly.
Joseph, her husband-to-be, was an upright man. He didn’t want to make a public example of her. So he decided to set the marriage aside privately.
Her shidduch, Yosef [ben Dovid], being a tzaddik and not wanting to humiliate her publicly, planned to deal with the get (divorce) in a private arrangement.
Then Joseph, her husband, being a just man and not willing to make her a public example, was of a mind to release her secretly.
and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
and her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to send her away quietly.
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, made up his mind to dismiss her secretly.
Joseph, because he was kind and upstanding and honorable, wanted to spare Mary shame. He did not wish to cause her more embarrassment than necessary.
Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
Joseph, the man she was to marry, was a good man. He did not want her to be made ashamed. So he planned to leave her without telling people about it.
And Joseph, her husband, for he was rightful, and would not publish her, he would privily have left her.
and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.
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