The 1record of the genealogy of 2Jesus 3the Messiah, athe son of David, bthe son of Abraham:
2Abraham 1was the father of Isaac, 2Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of 3Judah and his brothers.
3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, aPerez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of 1Ram.
4Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.
5Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse.
6Jesse was the father of David the king.
David awas the father of Solomon by 1Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah.
7Solomon awas the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of 1Asa.
8Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of 1Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
9Uzziah was the father of 1Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of 1Amon, and Amon the afather of Josiah.
11Josiah became the father of 1Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the adeportation to Babylon.
12After the adeportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of 1Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel.
13Zerubbabel was the father of 1Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.
14Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud.
15Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob.
16Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, awho is called 1the Messiah.
17So 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.
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.
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 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.
21"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 to fulfill what was aspoken by the Lord through the prophet:
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 1awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,
251but kept her a virgin until she agave birth to a Son; and bhe called His name Jesus.