Month: May 2017

The Gospel of the Birth of Mary is a shorter edition of the first part of the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew (which in turn is based on the Protevangelium of James).  The book it came from, the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew or The Infancy Gospel of Matthew, is a part of the New Testament apocrypha.  It was

After sending gifts ahead to Esau (and a sleepless night wrestling with God), Jacob awoke to see Esau approaching with 400 men. Jacob divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and two female servants. He placed the female servants and their children in front followed by Leah and her children. Rachel and her children brought up