یوسف جوان در رختخواب است. او از خواب بیدار شده و به نظر می رسد گیج یا ترسیده است. فرشته به او گفته است که نامزدش مریم، توسط روح القدس باردار است. اما به او گفته شد که پیش برود و با او ازدواج کند و نام او را عیسی صدا کند.
20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife,
