Matthew 1
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
2Abraham 1was the father of Isaac, and Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob was the father of 2Judah and his brothers. 3And Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and aPerez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron was the father of 1Ram. 4And Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon was the father of Salmon. 5And Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed was the father of Jesse. 6And Jesse was the father of David the king. And David awas the father of Solomon by 1the wife of Uriah. 7And Solomon awas the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam was the father of Abijah, and Abijah was the father of 1Asa. 8And Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat was the father of 1Joram, and Joram was the father of Uzziah. 9And Uzziah was the father of 1Jotham, and Jotham was the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah. 10And Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh was the father of 1Amon, and Amon was the afather of Josiah. 11And Josiah was the father of 1Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the adeportation to Babylon. 12And after the adeportation to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of 1Shealtiel, and Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel. 13And Zerubbabel was the father of 1Abihud, and Abihud was the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim was the father of Azor. 14And Azor was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Achim, and Achim was the father of Eliud. 15And Eliud was the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar was the father of Matthan, and Matthan was the father of Jacob. 16And Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, awho is called 1Christ.17Therefore all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the adeportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the bdeportation to Babylon to 1the Christ, fourteen generations.
The Conception and Birth of Jesus
18Now the birth of Jesus 1Christ was as follows: when His amother Mary had been 2betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was bfound to be with child by the Holy Spirit. 19And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned 1,ato send her away secretly. 20But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the 1Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “aJoseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for 2the One who has been 3conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21“And she will bear a Son; and ayou shall call His name Jesus, for 1He bwill save His people from their sins.” 22Now all this 1took place in order that what was aspoken by the 2Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying, 23“aBehold, the virgin shall be with bchild and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name 1Immanuel,” which translated means, “cGod with us.” 24And Joseph got up from his sleep and did as the angel of the 1Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, 251but kept her a virgin until she 2,agave birth to a Son; and bhe called His name Jesus.