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The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

¹ The ^(F1)record of the genealogy of ^(F2)Jesus the ^(F3)Messiah, ^(C1)the son of David, ^(C2)the son of Abraham:

² Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered ^(F1)Judah and his brothers.³ Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, ^(C1)Perez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered ^(F1)Ram.⁴ Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon.⁵ Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse.

⁶ Jesse fathered David the king. David ^(C1)fathered Solomon by ^(F1)her who had been the wife of Uriah.⁷ Solomon ^(C1)fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered ^(F1)Asa.⁸ Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered ^(F1)Joram, and Joram fathered Uzziah.⁹ Uzziah fathered ^(F1)Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah.¹⁰ Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered ^(F1)Amon, and Amon ^(C1)fathered Josiah.¹¹ Josiah fathered ^(F1)Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the ^(C1)deportation to Babylon.

¹² After the ^(C1)deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah fathered ^(F1)Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel.¹³ Zerubbabel fathered ^(F1)Abihud, Abihud fathered Eliakim, and Eliakim fathered Azor.¹⁴ Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, and Achim fathered Eliud.¹⁵ Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob.¹⁶ Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, ^(C1)who is called the ^(F1)Messiah.

¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the ^(C1)deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the ^(C1)deportation to Babylon to the ^(F1)Messiah, fourteen generations.

Conception and Birth of Jesus

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus the ^(F1)Messiah was as follows: when His ^(C1)mother Mary had been ^(F2)betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was ^(C2)found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit.¹⁹ And her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her, planned to ^(F1)(C1)send her away secretly.²⁰ But when he had thought this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "^(C1)Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for ^(F1)the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.²¹ "She will give birth to a Son; and ^(C1)you shall name Him Jesus, for ^(F1)He ^(C2)will save His people from their sins."²² Now all this ^(F1)took place so that what was ^(C1)spoken by the Lord through ^(F2)the prophet would be fulfilled:²³ "^(C1)BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN WILL ^(F1)(C2)CONCEIVE AND GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND THEY SHALL NAME HIM ^(F2)IMMANUEL," which translated means, "^(C3)GOD WITH US."²⁴ And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,^25 (F1)but kept her a virgin until she ^(C1)gave birth to a Son; and ^(C2)he named Him Jesus.