I believe that it is you that it says A, but you read B. You are practicing eisegesis, reading into the text from your pre-conceived notions ("don't bother me with the facts, my mind is already made up").
Nowhere in the text (3:23) does it say that "this is the genealogy of Joseph". The text says:
Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age,
-being (as was supposed) [assumed] the son of Joseph-,
the son of Heli,
[beginning the genealogy which goes all the way back to *ADAM].
*note it goes back to the source of the original sin.
Bs"d
I'll spell this out for you:
Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed)
the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, 24 the son of Matthat,[d] the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph, 25 the son of Mattathiah, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathiah, the son of Semei, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah, 27 the son of Joannas, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er, 29 the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim, 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattathah, the son of Nathan, the son of David, 32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, 33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, 36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, 38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God." Luke 3.
So everybody who is not struck with total blindness sees that here a genealogy is given from Adam to
JOSEPH.
As everybody can also see, there is no Mary to be found, not in the genealogy I posted, and not in all of Luke 3.
Isn't there.
Doesn't exist.
So if anybody wants to say that this is not the genealogy of Joseph, but that of Mary, then he is totally off his rocker.
As far as Gen 3:15, it makes your god look foolish to state that he makes this
frivolous prophecy concerning the
mother of mankind and the
father of the snakes (reptiles). Seriously? Duh?[/QUOTE]