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Matthew
The Ancestors of Jesus the Messiah
This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah,
a descendant of David and of Abraham*:
1
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac.
Isaac was the father of Jacob.
Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.
3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose
mother was Tamar).
Perez was the father of Hezron.
Hezron was the father of Ram.*
4 Ram was the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon.
Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
5 Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose mother was
Rahab).
Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was
Ruth).
Obed was the father of Jesse.
6 Jesse was the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon (whose mother
was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah).
7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam.
Rehoboam was the father of Abijah.
Abijah was the father of Asa.*
8 Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat.
Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram.*
Jehoram was the father* of Uzziah.
9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham.
Jotham was the father of Ahaz.
Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh.
Manasseh was the father of Amon.*
Amon was the father of Josiah.
11 Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin* and his
brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).
12 After the Babylonian exile:
Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel.
Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud.
Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
Eliakim was the father of Azor.
14 Azor was the father of Zadok.
Zadok was the father of Akim.
Akim was the father of Eliud.
15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar.
Eleazar was the father of Matthan.
Matthan was the father of Jacob.
16 Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of
Mary.
Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah.
17All those listed above include fourteen generations
from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the
Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian
exile to the Messiah.
The Birth of Jesus the Messiah
18 This is how J esus the Messiah was born. His mother,
Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before
the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she
became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.
19 Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous
man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he
decided to break the engagement* quietly.
20As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared
to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said,
“do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child
within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. 21And she
will have a son, and you are to name him J esus,* for he
will save his people from their sins.”
22All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message
through his prophet:
1:1 Greek Jesus the Messiah, Son of David and son of Abraham.
1:3 Greek Aram, a
variant spelling of Ram; also in 1:4. See 1 Chr 2:9-10. 1:7 Greek Asaph, a variant
spelling of Asa; also in 1:8. See 1 Chr 3:10. 1:8a Greek Joram, a variant spelling
of Jehoram; also in 1:8b. See 1 Kgs 22:50 and note at 1 Chr 3:11. 1:8b Or ancestor;
also in 1:11. 1:10 Greek Amos, a variant spelling of Amon; also in 1:10b. See 1 Chr
3:14.
1:11 Greek Jeconiah, a variant spelling of Jehoiachin; also in 1:12. See 2 Kgs
24:6 and note at 1 Chr 3:16. 1:19 Greek to divorce her.
1:21 Jesus means “The
Lord saves.”
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