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i, 20] 16. Iacob gestrȳnde Ioseph Marian wer, of þǣre wæs ācenned'sē Hǣlend þe is genemned Crīst.

17. Eornostlīce ealle cnēoressa fram Abrahame oð Dauid synd fēowertȳne cnēoressa; and fram Dauide oð Babilonis gelēorednysse fēowertȳne cnēoressa; and fram Babilonis gelēorednesse oð Crīst fēowertȳne cnēoressa.

18. Sōðlīce þus wæs Crīstes cnēores: Đā þæs Hǣlendes mōdor Maria wæs Iosepe beweddod, ǣr hī tōsomne becōmun, hēo wæs gemēt on innoðe hæbbende of þām Hālegan Gāste.

19. Sōðlīce Iosep hyre wer, ðā hē wæs rihtwīs and nolde hī gewīdmǣrsian, hē wolde hī dīhlīce forlǣtan.

20. Him þā sōðlīce ðās þing ðencendum Drihtnes engel on swefnum ætȳwde, and him tō cwæð, Iosep, Dauides sunu, nelle þū ondrǣdan Marian þīne gemæccean tō onfōnne; þæt on hire ācenned ys, hyt ys of þām Hālgan Gāste.