⁴⁵ Pharaoh gave Joseph^(A) the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest^(B) of On,^[a](C) to be his wife.^(D) And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.

¹⁶ Now a priest of Midian^(A) had seven daughters, and they came to draw water^(B) and fill the troughs^(C) to water their father’s flock.

²⁸ One of them, named Agabus,^(A) stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world.^(B) (This happened during the reign of Claudius.)^(C)

The Birth of Jesus

2 In those days Caesar Augustus^(A) issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.^(B)

²⁶ and Ira the Jairite^[a] was David’s priest.

¹⁸ Benaiah^(A) son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites^(B) and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.^[a]

¹⁸ Then Melchizedek^(A) king of Salem^(B) brought out bread^(C) and wine.^(D) He was priest of God Most High,^(E)