Matthew 1

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

1 The book of the *Luke 3:23genealogy of Jesus Christ, *2 Sam. 7:12–16; Ps. 132:11; Is. 9:6; 11:1; Jer. 23:5; (Matt. 1:18; Luke 3:23, 31); John 7:42; Acts 2:30; (Rom. 1:3); Rev. 22:16the Son of David, *Gen. 12:3; 22:18; (Gal. 3:16)the Son of Abraham:

2 *Gen. 21:2, 12Abraham begot Isaac, *Gen. 25:26; 28:14Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot *Gen. 29:35Judah and his brothers. 3 *Gen. 38:27; 49:10Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, *Ruth 4:18–22; 1 Chr. 2:1–15; Matt. 1:3–6Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram. 4 Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon. 5 Salmon begot *Ruth 2:1; 4:1–13Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse, 6 and *1 Sam. 16:1; Is. 11:1, 10Jesse begot David the king.

*2 Sam. 7:12; 12:24; Is. 9:7David the king begot Solomon by her whohadbeenthewife of Uriah. 7 *1 Kin. 11:43; 1 Chr. 3:10Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot *2 Chr. 11:20Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa. 8 Asa begot *1 Chr. 3:10Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot *2 Kin. 15:13Uzziah. 9 Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot *2 Kin. 15:38Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah. 10 *2 Kin. 20:21Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot *1 Kin. 13:2Josiah. 11 *1 Chr. 3:15, 16Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were *2 Kin. 24:14–16; Jer. 27:20; Matt. 1:17carried away to Babylon.

12 And after they were brought to Babylon, *1 Chr. 3:17Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot *Ezra 3:2; Neh. 12:1; Hag. 1:1Zerubbabel. 13 Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor. 14 Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud. 15 Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob. 16 And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of *Matt. 13:55; Mark 6:3Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.

Christ Born of Mary

18 Now the *Matt. 12:46; Luke 1:27birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child *Is. 7:14; 49:5; Luke 1:35of the Holy Spirit. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting *Deut. 24:1; John 8:4, 5to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. 20 But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, *Luke 1:35for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21 *(Is. 7:14; 9:6, 7); Luke 1:31; 2:21And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, *Luke 2:11; John 1:29; (Acts 4:12; 5:31; 13:23, 38; Rom. 5:18, 19; Col. 1:20–23)for He will save His people from their sins."

22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: 23 *Is. 7:14"Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."

24 Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, 25 and did not know her till she had brought forth *Ex. 13:2; Luke 2:7, 21her firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus.