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The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

¹ The record of the genealogy of ^(F1)Jesus the ^(F2)Messiah, ^(C1)the son (descendant) of ^(F3)David, ^(C2)the son (descendant) of Abraham: ^(VR1)

² Abraham ^(F1)was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of ^(F2)Judah and his brothers who became the twelve tribes of Israel.³ Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, ^(C1)Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.⁴ Ram was the father of Aminadab, Aminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.⁵ Salmon was the father of Boaz by ^(F1)Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse.

⁶ Jesse was the father of ^(F1)David the king. David ^(C1)was the father of Solomon by ^(F2)Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah. ^(VR1)7 Solomon ^(C1)was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.⁸ Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.⁹ Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.¹⁰ Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, and Amon the ^(C1)father of Josiah.¹¹ Josiah became the father of Jeconiah also called Coniah and Jehoiachin and his brothers, at the time of the ^(C1)deportation (exile) to Babylon. ^(VR1)

¹² After the ^(C1)deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel.¹³ Zerubbabel was the father of Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.¹⁴ Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud.¹⁵ Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob.¹⁶ Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by ^(F1)whom Jesus was born, ^(C1)who is called the Messiah (Christ).

¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen; from David to the Babylonian ^(C1)deportation (exile), fourteen generations; and from the Babylonian ^(C1)deportation to the Messiah, fourteen generations.

Conception and Birth of Jesus

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His ^(C1)mother Mary had been ^(F1)betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was ^(C2)found to be with child by the power of the Holy Spirit.¹⁹ And Joseph her promised husband, being a just and righteous man and not wanting to expose her publicly to shame, planned ^(C1)to send her away and divorce her quietly.²⁰ But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "^(C1)Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the Child who has been ^(F1)conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.²¹ "She will give birth to a Son, and ^(C1)you shall name Him Jesus (The LORD is salvation), for He ^(C2)will ^(F1)save His people from their sins."²² All this happened in order to fulfill what the Lord had ^(C1)spoken through the ^(F1)prophet Isaiah:²³ "^(C1)BEHOLD, THE ^(F1)VIRGIN SHALL ^(C2)BE WITH CHILD AND GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL"—which, when translated, means, "^(C3)GOD WITH US." ^(VR1)24 Then Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and he took Mary to his home as his wife,²⁵ but he kept her a virgin until she had ^(C1)given birth to a Son her firstborn child; and ^(C2)he named Him Jesus (The LORD is salvation).