Then Joseph her husband, being a just man and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.

And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not want to disgrace her, desired to put her away (or, divorce her) secretly.

Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

And her [promised] husband Joseph, being a just and upright man and not willing to expose her publicly and to shame and disgrace her, decided to repudiate and dismiss (divorce) her quietly and secretly.

However, Joseph, her husband, being a conscientious, law-abiding man and yet not proposing to make her a public example, after mature consideration desired to dismiss her secretly.

Whereupon Joseph, her future husband, who was a good man and did not want to see her disgraced, planned to break off the engagement quietly.

But her husband, Joseph, because he was an upright man and did not want to disgrace her, decided to break the engagement by secretly divorcing her.

1. The Rulers of the Darkness of This Age; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard

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