Joseph’s Dreams

37 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed,^(A) the land of Canaan.^(B)

² This is the account^(C) of Jacob’s family line.

Joseph,^(D) a young man of seventeen,^(E) was tending the flocks^(F) with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah^(G) and the sons of Zilpah,^(H) his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report^(I) about them.

³ Now Israel^(J) loved Joseph more than any of his other sons,^(K) because he had been born to him in his old age;^(L) and he made an ornate^[a] robe^(M) for him.^{(N) 4} When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him^(O) and could not speak a kind word to him.

⁵ Joseph had a dream,^(P) and when he told it to his brothers,^(Q) they hated him all the more.^{(R) 6} He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: ⁷ We were binding sheaves^(S) of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”^(T)

⁸ His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?”^(U) And they hated him all the more^(V) because of his dream and what he had said.

⁹ Then he had another dream,^(W) and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars^(X) were bowing down to me.”^(Y)

¹⁰ When he told his father as well as his brothers,^(Z) his father rebuked^(AA) him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”^{(AB) 11} His brothers were jealous of him,^(AC) but his father kept the matter in mind.^(AD)

Joseph Sold by His Brothers

¹² Now his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,^{(AE) 13} and Israel^(AF) said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem.^(AG) Come, I am going to send you to them.”

“Very well,” he replied.

¹⁴ So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your brothers^(AH) and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron.^(AI)

When Joseph arrived at Shechem, ¹⁵ a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, “What are you looking for?”

¹⁶ He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?”

¹⁷ “They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.^(AJ)’”

So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan. ¹⁸ But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.^(AK)

¹⁹ “Here comes that dreamer!^(AL)” they said to each other. ²⁰ “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns^(AM) and say that a ferocious animal^(AN) devoured him.^(AO) Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”^(AP)

²¹ When Reuben^(AQ) heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said.^{(AR) 22} “Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern^(AS) here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.^(AT)

²³ So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe^(AU) he was wearing— ²⁴ and they took him and threw him into the cistern.^(AV) The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.

²⁵ As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites^(AW) coming from Gilead.^(AX) Their camels were loaded with spices, balm^(AY) and myrrh,^(AZ) and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.^(BA)

²⁶ Judah^(BB) said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?^{(BC) 27} Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother,^(BD) our own flesh and blood.^(BE)” His brothers agreed.

²⁸ So when the Midianite^(BF) merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern^(BG) and sold^(BH) him for twenty shekels^[b] of silver^(BI) to the Ishmaelites,^(BJ) who took him to Egypt.^(BK)

²⁹ When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.^{(BL) 30} He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy isn’t there! Where can I turn now?”^(BM)

³¹ Then they got Joseph’s robe,^(BN) slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.^{(BO) 32} They took the ornate robe^(BP) back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.”

³³ He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animal^(BQ) has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”^(BR)

³⁴ Then Jacob tore his clothes,^(BS) put on sackcloth^(BT) and mourned for his son many days.^{(BU) 35} All his sons and daughters came to comfort him,^(BV) but he refused to be comforted.^(BW) “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son^(BX) in the grave.^(BY)” So his father wept for him.

³⁶ Meanwhile, the Midianites^[c](BZ) sold Joseph^(CA) in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.^(CB)

Judah and Tamar

38 At that time, Judah^(CC) left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam^(CD) named Hirah.^{(CE) 2} There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua.^(CF) He married her and made love to her; ³ she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was named Er.^{(CG) 4} She conceived again and gave birth to a son and named him Onan.^{(CH) 5} She gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah.^(CI) It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him.

⁶ Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.^{(CJ) 7} But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight;^(CK) so the Lord put him to death.^(CL)

⁸ Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.”^{(CM) 9} But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother. ¹⁰ What he did was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death also.^(CN)

¹¹ Judah then said to his daughter-in-law^(CO) Tamar,^(CP) “Live as a widow in your father’s household^(CQ) until my son Shelah^(CR) grows up.”^(CS) For he thought, “He may die too, just like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s household.

¹² After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua,^(CT) died. When Judah had recovered from his grief, he went up to Timnah,^(CU) to the men who were shearing his sheep,^(CV) and his friend Hirah the Adullamite^(CW) went with him.

¹³ When Tamar^(CX) was told, “Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,”^{(CY) 14} she took off her widow’s clothes,^(CZ) covered herself with a veil^(DA) to disguise herself, and then sat down^(DB) at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.^(DC) For she saw that, though Shelah^(DD) had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.

¹⁵ When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute,^(DE) for she had covered her face. ¹⁶ Not realizing^(DF) that she was his daughter-in-law,^(DG) he went over to her by the roadside and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.”^(DH)

“And what will you give me to sleep with you?”^(DI) she asked.

¹⁷ “I’ll send you a young goat^(DJ) from my flock,” he said.

“Will you give me something as a pledge^(DK) until you send it?” she asked.

¹⁸ He said, “What pledge should I give you?”

“Your seal^(DL) and its cord, and the staff^(DM) in your hand,” she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.^{(DN) 19} After she left, she took off her veil and put on her widow’s clothes^(DO) again.

²⁰ Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite^(DP) in order to get his pledge^(DQ) back from the woman, but he did not find her. ²¹ He asked the men who lived there, “Where is the shrine prostitute^(DR) who was beside the road at Enaim?”

“There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute here,” they said.

²² So he went back to Judah and said, “I didn’t find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, ‘There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute here.’”

²³ Then Judah said, “Let her keep what she has,^(DS) or we will become a laughingstock.^(DT) After all, I did send her this young goat, but you didn’t find her.”

²⁴ About three months later Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant.”

Judah said, “Bring her out and have her burned to death!”^(DU)

²⁵ As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. “I am pregnant by the man who owns these,” she said. And she added, “See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are.”^(DV)

²⁶ Judah recognized them and said, “She is more righteous than I,^(DW) since I wouldn’t give her to my son Shelah.^(DX)” And he did not sleep with her again.

²⁷ When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.^{(DY) 28} As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife^(DZ) took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist^(EA) and said, “This one came out first.” ²⁹ But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out,^(EB) and she said, “So this is how you have broken out!” And he was named Perez.^{[d](EC) 30} Then his brother, who had the scarlet thread on his wrist,^(ED) came out. And he was named Zerah.^[e](EE)

Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife

39 Now Joseph^(EF) had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard,^(EG) bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.^(EH)

² The Lord was with Joseph^(EI) so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. ³ When his master saw that the Lord was with him^(EJ) and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did,^{(EK) 4} Joseph found favor in his eyes^(EL) and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household,^(EM) and he entrusted to his care everything he owned.^{(EN) 5} From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household^(EO) of the Egyptian because of Joseph.^(EP) The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field.^{(EQ) 6} So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care;^(ER) with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.

Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,^{(ES) 7} and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!”^(ET)

⁸ But he refused.^(EU) “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care.^{(EV) 9} No one is greater in this house than I am.^(EW) My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?”^{(EX) 10} And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused^(EY) to go to bed with her or even be with her.

¹¹ One day he went into the house to attend to his duties,^(EZ) and none of the household servants^(FA) was inside. ¹² She caught him by his cloak^(FB) and said, “Come to bed with me!”^(FC) But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.^(FD)

¹³ When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house, ¹⁴ she called her household servants.^(FE) “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew^(FF) has been brought to us to make sport of us!^(FG) He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed.^{(FH) 15} When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”^(FI)

¹⁶ She kept his cloak beside her until his master came home. ¹⁷ Then she told him this story:^(FJ) “That Hebrew^(FK) slave^(FL) you brought us came to me to make sport of me. ¹⁸ But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

¹⁹ When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger.^{(FM) 20} Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison,^(FN) the place where the king’s prisoners were confined.

But while Joseph was there in the prison, ²¹ the Lord was with him;^(FO) he showed him kindness^(FP) and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.^{(FQ) 22} So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there.^{(FR) 23} The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s^(FS) care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.^(FT)

The Cupbearer and the Baker

40 Some time later, the cupbearer^(FU) and the baker^(FV) of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt. ² Pharaoh was angry^(FW) with his two officials,^(FX) the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, ³ and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard,^(FY) in the same prison where Joseph was confined. ⁴ The captain of the guard^(FZ) assigned them to Joseph,^(GA) and he attended them.

After they had been in custody^(GB) for some time, ⁵ each of the two men—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison—had a dream^(GC) the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.^(GD)

⁶ When Joseph came to them the next morning, he saw that they were dejected. ⁷ So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in custody^(GE) with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”^(GF)

⁸ “We both had dreams,” they answered, “but there is no one to interpret them.”^(GG)

Then Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God?^(GH) Tell me your dreams.”

⁹ So the chief cupbearer^(GI) told Joseph his dream. He said to him, “In my dream I saw a vine in front of me, ¹⁰ and on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed,^(GJ) and its clusters ripened into grapes. ¹¹ Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup and put the cup in his hand.”

¹² “This is what it means,^(GK)” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days.^{(GL) 13} Within three days^(GM) Pharaoh will lift up your head^(GN) and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer.^{(GO) 14} But when all goes well with you, remember me^(GP) and show me kindness;^(GQ) mention me to Pharaoh^(GR) and get me out of this prison. ¹⁵ I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews,^(GS) and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.”^(GT)

¹⁶ When the chief baker^(GU) saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation,^(GV) he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets^(GW) of bread.^{[f] 17} In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

¹⁸ “This is what it means,” Joseph said. “The three baskets are three days.^{(GX) 19} Within three days^(GY) Pharaoh will lift off your head^(GZ) and impale your body on a pole.^(HA) And the birds will eat away your flesh.”^(HB)

²⁰ Now the third day^(HC) was Pharaoh’s birthday,^(HD) and he gave a feast for all his officials.^(HE) He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker^(HF) in the presence of his officials: ²¹ He restored the chief cupbearer^(HG) to his position,^(HH) so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand^(HI)— ²² but he impaled the chief baker,^(HJ) just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.^(HK)

²³ The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.^(HL)

Judgment on Israel

⁶ This is what the Lord says:

Witnesses Summoned Against Israel

3 Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the Lord has spoken against you^(Z)—against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:^(AA)

⁶ Deal with him according to your wisdom,^(A) but do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.

⁷ “But show kindness^(B) to the sons of Barzillai^(C) of Gilead and let them be among those who eat at your table.^(D) They stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

⁸ “And remember, you have with you Shimei^(E) son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to Mahanaim.^(F) When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore^(G) to him by the Lord: ‘I will not put you to death by the sword.’ ⁹ But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom;^(H) you will know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood.”

¹⁰ Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried^(I) in the City of David.^{(J) 11} He had reigned^(K) forty years over Israel—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem. ¹² So Solomon sat on the throne^(L) of his father David, and his rule was firmly established.^(M)

Solomon’s Throne Established

¹³ Now Adonijah,^(N) the son of Haggith, went to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. Bathsheba asked him, “Do you come peacefully?”^(O)

He answered, “Yes, peacefully.” ¹⁴ Then he added, “I have something to say to you.”

“You may say it,” she replied.

¹⁵ “As you know,” he said, “the kingdom was mine. All Israel looked to me as their king. But things changed, and the kingdom has gone to my brother; for it has come to him from the Lord. ¹⁶ Now I have one request to make of you. Do not refuse me.”

“You may make it,” she said.

¹⁷ So he continued, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag^(P) the Shunammite as my wife.”

¹⁸ “Very well,” Bathsheba replied, “I will speak to the king for you.”

¹⁹ When Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, the king stood up to meet her, bowed down to her and sat down on his throne. He had a throne brought for the king’s mother,^(Q) and she sat down at his right hand.^(R)

²⁰ “I have one small request to make of you,” she said. “Do not refuse me.”

The king replied, “Make it, my mother; I will not refuse you.”

²¹ So she said, “Let Abishag^(S) the Shunammite be given in marriage to your brother Adonijah.”

²² King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag^(T) the Shunammite for Adonijah? You might as well request the kingdom for him—after all, he is my older brother^(U)—yes, for him and for Abiathar^(V) the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah!”

²³ Then King Solomon swore by the Lord: “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely,^(W) if Adonijah does not pay with his life for this request! ²⁴ And now, as surely as the Lord lives—he who has established me securely on the throne of my father David and has founded a dynasty for me as he promised^(X)—Adonijah shall be put to death today!” ²⁵ So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah^(Y) son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.^(Z)

²⁶ To Abiathar^(AA) the priest the king said, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth.^(AB) You deserve to die, but I will not put you to death now, because you carried the ark^(AC) of the Sovereign Lord before my father David and shared all my father’s hardships.”^{(AD) 27} So Solomon removed Abiathar from the priesthood of the Lord, fulfilling^(AE) the word the Lord had spoken at Shiloh about the house of Eli.

²⁸ When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the Lord and took hold of the horns^(AF) of the altar. ²⁹ King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord and was beside the altar.^(AG) Then Solomon ordered Benaiah^(AH) son of Jehoiada, “Go, strike him down!”

³⁰ So Benaiah entered the tent^(AI) of the Lord and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!^(AJ)’”

But he answered, “No, I will die here.”

Benaiah reported to the king, “This is how Joab answered me.”

³¹ Then the king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so clear me and my whole family of the guilt of the innocent blood^(AK) that Joab shed. ³² The Lord will repay^(AL) him for the blood he shed,^(AM) because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa^(AN) son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better^(AO) men and more upright than he. ³³ May the guilt of their blood rest on the head of Joab and his descendants forever. But on David and his descendants, his house and his throne, may there be the Lord’s peace forever.”

³⁴ So Benaiah^(AP) son of Jehoiada went up and struck down Joab^(AQ) and killed him, and he was buried at his home out in the country. ³⁵ The king put Benaiah^(AR) son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s position and replaced Abiathar with Zadok^(AS) the priest.

³⁶ Then the king sent for Shimei^(AT) and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else. ³⁷ The day you leave and cross the Kidron Valley,^(AU) you can be sure you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”^(AV)

³⁸ Shimei answered the king, “What you say is good. Your servant will do as my lord the king has said.” And Shimei stayed in Jerusalem for a long time.

³⁹ But three years later, two of Shimei’s slaves ran off to Achish^(AW) son of Maakah, king of Gath, and Shimei was told, “Your slaves are in Gath.” ⁴⁰ At this, he saddled his donkey and went to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves. So Shimei went away and brought the slaves back from Gath.

⁴¹ When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned, ⁴² the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the Lord and warn^(AX) you, ‘On the day you leave to go anywhere else, you can be sure you will die’? At that time you said to me, ‘What you say is good. I will obey.’ ⁴³ Why then did you not keep your oath to the Lord and obey the command I gave you?”

⁴⁴ The king also said to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wrong^(AY) you did to my father David. Now the Lord will repay you for your wrongdoing. ⁴⁵ But King Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will remain secure^(AZ) before the Lord forever.”

⁴⁶ Then the king gave the order to Benaiah^(BA) son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei^(BB) down and he died.

The kingdom was now established^(BC) in Solomon’s hands.

Solomon Asks for Wisdom^(BD)

3 Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married^(BE) his daughter.^(BF) He brought her to the City of David^(BG) until he finished building his palace^(BH) and the temple of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem. ² The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places,^(BI) because a temple had not yet been built for the Name^(BJ) of the Lord. ³ Solomon showed his love^(BK) for the Lord by walking^(BL) according to the instructions^(BM) given him by his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.^(BN)

⁴ The king went to Gibeon^(BO) to offer sacrifices, for that was the most important high place, and Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. ⁵ At Gibeon the Lord appeared^(BP) to Solomon during the night in a dream,^(BQ) and God said, “Ask^(BR) for whatever you want me to give you.”

⁶ Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful^(BS) to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son^(BT) to sit on his throne this very day.

⁷ “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child^(BU) and do not know how to carry out my duties. ⁸ Your servant is here among the people you have chosen,^(BV) a great people, too numerous to count or number.^(BW)

The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah^(A)(B)(C)

1 This is the genealogy^[a] of Jesus the Messiah^[b] the son of David,^(D) the son of Abraham:^(E)

¹⁷ Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.

Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son

¹⁸ This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about^[a]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.^{(C) 19} Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet^[b] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce^(D) her quietly.

²⁰ But after he had considered this, an angel^(E) of the Lord appeared to him in a dream^(F) and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹ She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,^[c](G) because he will save his people from their sins.”^(H)

²² All this took place to fulfill^(I) what the Lord had said through the prophet: ²³ “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”^[d](J) (which means “God with us”).

²⁴ When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel^(K) of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. ²⁵ But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.^(L)