Luke 2:6

And it came about, while they were there, the yamim (days) were fulfilled for Miryam to give birth.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

In Context

5And Yosef + 2:5 ben Dovid went up to register with Miryam, who had been given to him in erusin (betrothal) and who was with child.

7And she bore her ben, her Bechor (firstborn); and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in an evus (animal feeding trough), because there was no place for them in the malon (inn).

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Cross References

Proverbs 19:21There are many plans in a lev ish; 1 nevertheless it is the etzah of Hashem that shall stand. 1

Luke 1:57Now when the time of Elisheva to give birth was fulfilled, she bore a ben.

Matthew Henry on Luke 2:2-8

The Birth of Christ. 1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2 ( And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with… Read the whole commentary →

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