Contemporary English Version
They told him, "He will be born in Bethlehem, just as the prophet wrote,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:

But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:

Genesis 35:19 So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, this is Bethlehem.

Joshua 19:15 And Cateth and Naalol and Semeron and Jedala and Bethlehem: twelve cities and their villages.

Ruth 1:1,19 In the days of the judges, when the judges ruled, there came a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem Juda, went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons. . . .

Ruth 2:4 And behold, he came out of Bethlehem, and said to the reapers: The Lord be with you. And they answered him: The Lord bless thee.

Ruth 4:11 Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients, answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem:

1 Samuel 16:1 And the Lord said to Samuel: How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and come, that I may send thee to Isai, the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.