Mat 1:1-17 | ISV | STEP | The Gospel According to Matthew The Ancestry of Jesus Christ This is a record of the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Matthew 1:1-17

1 The Gospel According to MatthewThe Ancestry of Jesus Christ Luke 3:23-28This is ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks This is} a record of the birth of Jesus Christ, ^{▼▼I.e. the Messiah} the son of David, the son of Abraham.Gen 12:3; 22:18; Ps 132:11; Isa 11:1; Jer 23:5; Matt 22:42; Luke 3:23; John 7:42; Acts 2:30; 13:23; Rom 1:3; Gal 3:16

2 Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers.Gen 21:2-3; 25:26; 29:35 3 Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Aram,Gen 38:27; Ruth 4:18; 1Chr 2:5, 9 4 Aram fathered Aminidab, Aminidab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon. 5 Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse, 6 and Jesse fathered King David.1Sam 16:1; 17:12; 2Sam 12:24

David fathered Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, Abijah fathered Asaph, ^{▼▼Other mss. read Asa}1Chr 3:10 8 Asaph ^{▼▼Other mss. read Asa} fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, Joram fathered Uzziah, 9 Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, Ahaz fathered Hezekiah, 10 Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amos, ^{▼▼Other mss. read Amon} and Amos ^{▼▼Other mss. read Amon} fathered Josiah.2Kings 20:21; 1Chr 3:13 11 Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.2Kings 24:14-16; 25:11; 1Chr 3:15-16; 2Chr 36:10, 20; Jer 27:20; 39:9; Dan 1:2

12 After the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah fathered Salathiel, Salathiel fathered Zerubbabel,1Chr 3:17, 19; Ezra 3:2; 5:2; Neh 12:1; Hag 1:1 13 Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, Abiud fathered Eliakim, Eliakim fathered Azor, 14 Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, Achim fathered Eliud, 15 Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob. 16 Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus, ^{▼▼Lit. of whom Jesus was born} who is called the Christ. ^{▼▼I.e. the Messiah}

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen ^{▼▼The numerical value of the name David in Heb. is fourteen.} generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon were fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ ^{▼▼I.e. the Messiah} were fourteen generations.