Matthew 1:1-17

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

1¹ The family tree of Jesus Christ, David's son, Abraham's son: ² Abraham had Isaac, Isaac had Jacob, Jacob had Judah and his brothers, ³ Judah had Perez and Zerah (the mother was Tamar), Perez had Hezron, Hezron had Aram, ⁴ Aram had Amminadab, Amminadab had Nahshon, Nahshon had Salmon, ⁵ Salmon had Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Boaz had Obed (Ruth was the mother), Obed had Jesse, ⁶ Jesse had David, and David became king. David had Solomon (Uriah's wife was the mother), ⁷ Solomon had Rehoboam, Rehoboam had Abijah, Abijah had Asa, ⁸ Asa had Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat had Joram, Joram had Uzziah, ⁹ Uzziah had Jotham, Jotham had Ahaz, Ahaz had Hezekiah, ¹⁰ Hezekiah had Manasseh, Manasseh had Amon, Amon had Josiah, ¹¹ Josiah had Jehoiachin and his brothers, and then the people were taken into the Babylonian exile. ¹² When the Babylonian exile ended, Jehoiachin had Shealtiel, Shealtiel had Zerubbabel, ¹³ Zerubbabel had Abiud, Abiud had Eliakim, Eliakim had Azor, ¹⁴ Azor had Zadok, Zadok had Achim, Achim had Eliud, ¹⁵ Eliud had Eleazar, Eleazar had Matthan, Matthan had Jacob, ¹⁶ Jacob had Joseph, Mary's husband, the Mary who gave birth to Jesus, the Jesus who was called Christ. ¹⁷ There were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, another fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and yet another fourteen from the Babylonian exile to Christ. The Birth of Jesus