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Joseph is described as "a just man" who did not want to expose Mary to public shame, so he planned to divorce her quietly Matthew 1:19. This comes after he learns she is pregnant before they come together Matthew 1:18.
18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; because when his mother, Mary, had been engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
19Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.