1. Joseph draws back his rod. 5. The dove perches on it. He betroths Mary and returns to
1. Among the rest there was a man named Joseph, of the house and family of David, and a person very far advanced in years, who drew back his rod when everyone else presented his.
The complete genealogy of Joseph, proving he was "of the house and family of David," is recorded in Matthew 1. He is depicted as "a person very far advanced in years" here and in the Protevangelion.
2. So that when nothing appeared agreeable to the heavenly voice, the high-priest judged it proper to consult God again,
3. Who answered that he to whom the Virgin was to be betrothed was the only person of those who were brought together, who had not brought his rod.
4. Joseph was therefore betrayed.
5. For, when he did bring his rod, and a dove came from Heaven and perched upon the top of it, everyone plainly saw that the Virgin was to be betrothed to him:
A dove is frequently a symbol of the Holy Spirit throughout the Bible and in early Church literature and art.
6. Accordingly, the usual ceremonies of betrothing being over, he returned to his own city of
7. But when the Virgin of the Lord, Mary, with seven other virgins of the same age who had been weaned at the same time and who had been appointed by the priest to attend her, returned to her parents' house in Galilee.
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