To a virgin espoused to a man
whose name was Joseph, of the house of
David;
and the virgin's name was Mary.
***
And he said,
I will send thee a kid from the flock.
And she said,
Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
And he
said, What pledge shall I give thee?
And she
said,
Thy signet,
and thy bracelets,
and thy staff
that is in thine hand.
And he gave
it her,
and came in
unto her, and she conceived by him.
***
And the angel came in unto her,
and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee:
blessed
art thou among women.
And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this
should be.
And the angel said unto her,
Fear
not,
Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb,
and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name
RAHEME.
He
shall be great, and shall be called the Son of
the Highest:
and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever;
and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Then said Mary unto the
angel, How shall this be,
seeing - -I know not - - -a man?
***
And when Jacob
had made an end of commanding his sons,
he
gathered up his feet into the bed,
and yielded
up the ghost,
and was gathered
unto his people.
***
And the angel answered
and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall
come upon thee,
and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee:
therefore
also
- -that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the
Son of God.
Samuel

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