2 “And you, O Bethʹle·hem* Ephʹra·thah,+ the one too little to get to be among the thousands of Judah,+ from you*+ there will come out to me the one who is to become ruler in Israel,+ whose origin* is from early times, from the days of time indefinite.+

5 They said to him: “In Bethʹle·hem+ of Ju·deʹa; for this is how it has been written through the prophet,

4 Of course, Joseph also went up from Galʹi·lee, out of the city of Nazʹa·reth, into Ju·deʹa, to David’s city, which is called Bethʹle·hem,+ because of his being a member of the house and family of David,+