New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 1:1-4

1The 1record of the genealogy of 2Jesus 3the Messiah, 4the son of David, 5the son of Abraham:

2Abraham 6was the father of Isaac, 7Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of 8Judah and his brothers. 3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, 9Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of 10Ram. 4Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.

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Notes

1. Matthew 1:1 Lit book ↩
2. Matthew 1:1 Heb Yeshua (Joshua), meaning The Lord saves ↩
3. Matthew 1:1 Gr Christos (Christ), Gr for Messiah, which means Anointed One ↩
4. Matthew 1:1 2 Sam 7:12-16; Ps 89:3f; 132:11; Is 9:6f; 11:1; Matt 9:27; Luke 1:32, 69; John 7:42; Acts 13:23; Rom 1:3; Rev 22:16 ↩
5. Matthew 1:1 Matt 1:1-6: Luke 3:32-34; Gen 22:18; Gal 3:16 ↩
6. Matthew 1:2 Lit fathered, and throughout the genealogy ↩
7. Matthew 1:2 Lit and..., and throughout the genealogy ↩
8. Matthew 1:2 Gr Judas; names of people in the Old Testament are given in their Old Testament form ↩
9. Matthew 1:3 Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Chr 2:1-15; Matt 1:3-6 ↩
10. Matthew 1:3 Gr Aram ↩

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