Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Juda and his brethren;

and Juda begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram,

Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, behold magi from the east arrived at Jerusalem, saying,

And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written through the prophet:

And thou Bethlehem, land of Juda, art in no wise the least among the governors of Juda; for out of thee shall go forth a leader who shall shepherd my people Israel.

but having heard that 'Archelaus reigns over Judaea, instead of Herod his father,' he was afraid to go there; and having been divinely instructed in a dream, he went away into the parts of Galilee,

Now in those days comes John the baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country round the Jordan,

And great crowds followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judaea, and beyond the Jordan.

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, he withdrew from Galilee, and came to the coasts of Judaea beyond the Jordan;

then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains;