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¹ [The] scroll of the birth of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham.² Abraham begot Isaac, and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers,³ and Judah begot Perez and Zerah of Tamar, and Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram,⁴ and Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon,⁵ and Salmon begot Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz begot Obed of Ruth, and Obed begot Jesse,⁶ and Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her [who had been] Uriah's,⁷ and Solomon begot Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa,⁸ and Asa begot Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah,⁹ and Uzziah begot Jotham, and Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah,¹⁰ and Hezekiah begot Manasseh, and Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah,¹¹ and Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers, at the Babylonian removal.¹² And after the Babylonian removal, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel,¹³ and Zerubbabel begot Abiud, and Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor,¹⁴ and Azor begot Sadok, and Sadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud,¹⁵ and Eliud begot Eleazar, and Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob,¹⁶ and Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named Christ.¹⁷ All the generations, therefore, from Abraham to David [are] fourteen generations, and from David to the Babylonian removal fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian removal to the Christ, fourteen generations.

¹⁸ And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: for His mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit,¹⁹ and her husband Joseph being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, resolved to send her away privately.²⁰ And on his thinking of these things, behold, a messenger of the LORD appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, you may not fear to receive your wife Mary, for that which was begotten in her [is] of the Holy Spirit,²¹ and she will bring forth a Son, and you will call His Name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."²² And all this has come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the LORD through the prophet, saying,²³ "Behold, the virgin will conceive, and she will bring forth a Son, and they will call His Name Emmanuel," which is, being interpreted, "God with us."²⁴ And Joseph, having risen from sleep, did as the messenger of the LORD directed him, and received his wife,²⁵ and did not know her until she brought forth her Son—the firstborn, and he called His Name Jesus.