4 So Joseph had to leave Nazareth in Galilee and go to Bethlehem in Judea. Long ago Bethlehem had been King David’s hometown, and Joseph went there because he was from David’s family.

5 Mary was engaged to Joseph and traveled with him to Bethlehem. She was soon going to have a baby, 6 and while they were there, 7 she gave birth to her first-born*2.7 first-born: The Jewish people said that the first-born son in each of their families belonged to the Lord. son. She dressed him in baby clothes*2.7 dressed him in baby clothes: The Greek text has "wrapped him in wide strips of cloth," which was how young babies were dressed. and laid him on a bed of hay, because there was no room for them in the inn.