to enrol himself with Mary who was betrothed to him, she being with child.
Now it came to pass, in those days, that there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, for all the inhabited earth to be enrolled:
and all were journeying to be enrolled, each one unto his own city.
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of a city Nazareth, into Judaea, into the city of David which is called Bethlehem; because he was of the house and family of David:
And it came to pass, while they were there, that the days were fulfilled for her to give birth;