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Matthew 1

The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

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The  1record of the genealogy of  2Jesus  3the Messiah,  athe son of David,  bthe son of Abraham:

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Abraham  1was the father of Isaac,  2Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of  3Judah and his brothers.

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Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar,  aPerez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of  1Ram.

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Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.

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Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse.

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Jesse was the father of David the king.

David  awas the father of Solomon by  1Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah.

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Solomon  awas the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of  1Asa.

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Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of  1Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.

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Uzziah was the father of  1Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

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Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of  1Amon, and Amon the  afather of Josiah.

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Josiah became the father of  1Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the  adeportation to Babylon.

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After the  adeportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of  1Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel.

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Zerubbabel was the father of  1Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.

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Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud.

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Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob.

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Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born,  awho is called  1the Messiah.

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So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the  adeportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the  adeportation to Babylon to  1the Messiah, fourteen generations.

Conception and Birth of Jesus

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Now 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.

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And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned  1 ato send her away secretly.

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But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, " aJoseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for  1the Child who has been  2conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

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"She will bear a Son; and  ayou shall call His name Jesus, for  1He  bwill save His people from their sins."

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Now all this  1took place to fulfill what was  aspoken by the Lord through the prophet:

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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."

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And Joseph  1awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,

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 1but kept her a virgin until she  agave birth to a Son; and  bhe called His name Jesus.



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