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Joseph took Mary with him so that the Romans could count them. She went because she had promised to marry him. She was pregnant.

While they were in Bethlehem, the time came for her baby to be born. This was her first baby, and it was a boy. She put cloths around him. Then she put him in an animal's food box. She did this because the rooms for visitors were full of people.[a]

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  1. 2:7 The many people that had come to Bethlehem filled the rooms for visitors.

He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him(A) and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

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