Their settlements extended from Mesha to Sephar, the eastern hill country.
Matthew 2:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition NOW WHEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men [astrologers] from the east came to Jerusalem, asking, American Standard Version (1901) Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wise-men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, Common English Bible After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in the territory of Judea during the rule of King Herod, magi came from the east to Jerusalem. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, when Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judah, in the days of king Herod, behold, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version WHEN Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem. |
Their settlements extended from Mesha to Sephar, the eastern hill country.
But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, and while he was still alive he sent them eastwards, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East.
When morning came, he was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
The sceptre will not depart from Judah or the staff from between his feet until he whose right it is comes , and the obedience of the peoples belongs to him.
Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
His estate included seven thousand sheep and goats, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.
On that day the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will look to him for guidance, and his resting place will be glorious.
Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; one will come from you to be ruler over Israel for me. His origin is from antiquity, from ancient times.
but did not have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son. And he named him Jesus.
Then Herod, when he realised that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
When King Herod heard this, he was deeply disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
‘In Bethlehem of Judea,’ they told him, ‘because this is what was written by the prophet:
Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star had appeared.
In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest of Abijah’s division named Zechariah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Today in the city of David a Saviour was born for you, who is the Messiah, the Lord.
When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let’s go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.’
Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David’s offspring and from the town of Bethlehem, where David lived? ’
There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who was staying within the clan of Judah.