Matthew 1

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The Genealogy of Jesus

¹This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

¹The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:

²Abraham was the father of Isaac,

Isaac the father of Jacob,

and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

²Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brothers.

³Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar,

Perez the father of Hezron,

and Hezron the father of Ram.^a

³And Judah begat Perez and Zerah out of Tamar, and Perez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Aram.

⁴Ram was the father of Amminadab,

Amminadab the father of Nahshon,

and Nahshon the father of Salmon.

⁴And Aram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon.

⁵Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab,

Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth,

Obed the father of Jesse,

⁵And Salmon begat Boaz out of Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed out of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse,

⁶and Jesse the father of David the king.

David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

⁶and Jesse begat David the king. And: David begat Solomon out of her who was of Uriah,

⁷Solomon the father of Rehoboam,

Rehoboam the father of Abijah,

and Abijah the father of Asa.^a

⁷and Solomon begat Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begat Abijah, and Abijah begat Asaph.

⁸Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat,

Jehoshaphat the father of Joram,

and Joram the father of Uzziah.

⁸And Asaph begat Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Uzziah.

⁹Uzziah was the father of Jotham,

Jotham the father of Ahaz,

and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

⁹And Uzziah begat Jotham, and Jotham begat Ahaz, and Ahaz begat Hezekiah.

¹⁰Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh,

Manasseh the father of Amon,^a

Amon the father of Josiah,

¹⁰And Hezekiah begat Manasseh, and Manasseh begat Amos, and Amos begat Josiah,

¹¹and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers

at the time of the exile to Babylon.

¹¹and Josiah begat Jeconiah and his brothers at the deportation to Babylon.

¹²After the exile to Babylon:

Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,

Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

¹²And after the deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah begat Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel,

¹³Zerubbabel the father of Abiud,

Abiud the father of Eliakim,

and Eliakim the father of Azor.

¹³and Zerubbabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor.

¹⁴Azor was the father of Zadok,

Zadok the father of Achim,

and Achim the father of Eliud.

¹⁴And Azor begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud.

¹⁵Eliud was the father of Eleazar,

Eleazar the father of Matthan,

Matthan the father of Jacob,

¹⁵And Eliud begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob,

¹⁶and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary,

of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

¹⁶and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, out of whom was begotten Jesus, the One being called Christ.

¹⁷In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.

¹⁷Therefore all the generations from Abraham until David were fourteen generations, and from David until the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon until the Christ fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus

¹⁸This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother Mary, having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together was found having in womb from the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.

¹⁹And Joseph her husband, being righteous and not willing to make an example of her, resolved to send her away secretly.

²⁰But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

²⁰But on his having pondered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph son of David, you should not be afraid to receive Mary as your wife, for that having been begotten in her is from the Holy Spirit.

²¹She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus,^a because He will save His people from their sins.”

²¹And she will bear a Son, and you will call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

²²All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

²²And all this has come to pass so that it might be fulfilled, that having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

²³“Behold, the virgin will be with child

and will give birth to a son,

and they will call Him Immanuel”^a

( which means, “God with us”).^b

²³“Behold, the virgin will have in womb, and she will bear a son, and they will call His name Immanuel,” which is, being translated, “God with us.”

²⁴When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and embraced Mary as his wife.

²⁴And Joseph, having been awoken from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and received his wife.

²⁵But he had no union with her^a until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.

²⁵And he did not know her until she bore a Son, and he called His name Jesus.