26. Now in the chodesh shishi the malach Gavriel was sent from Hashem to a shtetl in the Galil called Natzeret,
27. To a betulah (virgin) given in erusin (betrothal, engagement) to an ish from the Beis Dovid named Yosef [ben Dovid], and the shem of the almah was Miryam.
28. And when the malach approached her, he said, Shalom, favored one! Hashem is with you!
29. But she was greatly perplexed at the message, and kept pondering what sort of Shalom greeting this might be.
30. And the malach said to her, Do not have pachad (fear), Miryam, for you have found chen before Hashem.