1
A decree associated with Augustus requires registration.
2
Yoseph wonders how to register Miryam because she is not simply his wife in the story's social framing.
3
He sets her upon a donkey.
4
His sons accompany them.
5
On the road Yoseph sees Miryam alternately laughing and weeping.
6
She explains that she sees two peoples before her, one mourning and one rejoicing.
7
Near Beit-Lechem labor begins.
8
Yoseph finds a cave and leaves Miryam there with his sons while he searches for a midwife.