New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 1:2-16

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, 4Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of 5Ram. 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 6was the father of Solomon by 7Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah. 7Solomon 8was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of 9Asa. 8Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of 10Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah. 9Uzziah was the father of 11Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. 10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of 12Amon, and Amon the 13father of Josiah. 11Josiah became the father of 14Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the 15deportation to Babylon.

12After the 16deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of 17Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel. 13Zerubbabel was the father of 18Abihud, 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, 19who is called 20the Messiah.

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1. Matthew 1:2 Lit fathered, and throughout the genealogy ↩
2. Matthew 1:2 Lit and..., and throughout the genealogy ↩
3. Matthew 1:2 Gr Judas; names of people in the Old Testament are given in their Old Testament form ↩
4. Matthew 1:3 Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Chr 2:1-15; Matt 1:3-6 ↩
5. Matthew 1:3 Gr Aram ↩
6. Matthew 1:6 2 Sam 11:27; 12:24 ↩
7. Matthew 1:6 Lit her of Uriah ↩
8. Matthew 1:7 1 Chr 3:10ff ↩
9. Matthew 1:7 Gr Asaph ↩
10. Matthew 1:8 Also Gr for Jehoram in 2 King 8:16; cf 1 Chron 3:11 ↩
11. Matthew 1:9 Gr Joatham ↩
12. Matthew 1:10 Gr Amos ↩
13. Matthew 1:10 1 Chr 3:14 ↩
14. Matthew 1:11 Jehoiachin in 2 Kin 24:15 ↩
15. Matthew 1:11 2 Kin 24:14f; Jer 27:20; Matt 1:17 ↩
16. Matthew 1:12 2 Kin 24:14f; Jer 27:20; Matt 1:17 ↩
17. Matthew 1:12 Gr Salathiel ↩
18. Matthew 1:13 Gr Abioud, usually spelled Abiud ↩
19. Matthew 1:16 Matt 27:17, 22; Luke 2:11; John 4:25 ↩
20. Matthew 1:16 Gr Christos (Christ) ↩

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