# Joseph the Carpenter

Source: https://enocharchive.com/characters/joseph-the-carpenter (Enoch Archive).

Joseph the carpenter was the betrothed of Mary and, like her, of the family of David. The Ascension of Isaiah says that when Mary was found with child he wished to put her away, but the angel of the Spirit appeared and he kept her and revealed the matter to no one. Later his eyes were opened, he saw the infant and praised God.

The Cave of Treasures explains that Mary was given to Joseph, the son of her uncle, so that he might take care of her. The Magi find him sitting in astonishment in the cave. He circumcises the Child on the eighth day, an angel tells him to take the Child and His mother and flee into Egypt, and after the death of Herod he goes back to Galilee. The Kebra Nagast traces his descent to show that both he and Mary were of the house of David.

He is a different person from Joseph the son of Jacob.

**books:** The Ascension of Isaiah; The Cave of Treasures; The Kebra Nagast