The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah
1The
2Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered
3Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered
4Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon.
5Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse.
6Jesse fathered David the king.
7Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered
8Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered
9Uzziah fathered
10Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered
11Josiah fathered
12After the deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah fathered
13Zerubbabel fathered
14Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, and Achim fathered Eliud.
15Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob.
16Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called the
17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the
Conception and Birth of Jesus
18Now the birth of Jesus the
19And her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her, planned to
20But when he had thought this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for
21She will give birth to a Son; and you shall name Him Jesus, for
22Now all this
23“BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN WILL
24And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,
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