An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of
David, the son of Abraham.
Abraham was the
father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah
and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez
the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Aram, and Aram the father of
Aminadab, and Aminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon,
and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth,
and Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of King David.
And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,
and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and
Abijah the father of Asaph, and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and
Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, and Uzziah the
father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of
Hezekiah, and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,
and Amos the father of Josiah, and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his
brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
And after the
deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel, and Salathiel
the father of Zerubbabel, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the
father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, and Azor the father of
Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, and Eliud
the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the
father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom
Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah.
So all the
generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to
the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to
Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations.
The Birth of Jesus the Messiah
Now the birth of
Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged
to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from
the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to
expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. But just when he
had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and
said, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for
the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and
you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.’ All
this took place to fulfil what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
‘Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall name
him Emmanuel’,which means, ‘God is with us.’
When Joseph awoke from sleep,
he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife, but had
no marital relations with her until she had borne a son; and he named him Jesus
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