1 An account of the genealogy
of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of
Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the
father of Aram, 4 and Aram the father of Aminadab, and Aminadab the
father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the
father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed
the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of King David.
And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon
the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah
the father of Asaph, 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and
Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and
Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the
father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh
the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the
father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to
Babylon.
12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of
Salathiel, and Salathiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the
father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father
of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim,
and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and
Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and
Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born,
who is called the Messiah.
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen
generations; and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen
generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah,
fourteen generations.
18 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his
mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together,
she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 Her husband
Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public
disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. 20 But just when he had
resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and
said, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife,
for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear
a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from
their sins.’ 22 All this took place to fulfil what had been spoken by
the Lord through the prophet:
23 ‘Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name
him Emmanuel’, which means, ‘God is with us.’ 24 When Joseph awoke from
sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his
wife, 25 but had no marital relations with her until she had borne a
son; and he named him Jesus.
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