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¹ The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.² Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren;³ And Judah begat Pharez and Zarah of Thamar, and Pharez begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram;⁴ And Aram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Naasson, and Naasson begat Salmon;⁵ And Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse;⁶ And Jesse begat David the king.⁷ And David the king begat Solomon, of the wife of Uriah; And Solomon begat Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begat Abijah, and Abijah begat Asa;⁸ And Asa begat Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begat Jehoram, and Jehoram begat Uzziah;⁹ And Uzziah begat Jotham, and Jotham begat Ahaz, and Ahaz begat Hezekiah;¹⁰ And Hezekiah begat Manasseh, and Manasseh begat Amon, and Amon begat Josiah;¹¹ And Josiah begat Jeconiah and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon.¹² And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zerubbabel; And Zerubbabel begat Abiud,¹³ and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor;¹⁴ And Azor begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud;¹⁵ And Eliud begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob;¹⁶ And Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations: and from David to the Babylonish captivity are fourteen generations, and from the Babylonish captivity to Christ are fourteen generations.

¹⁸ Now the birth of Christ was on this wise: His mother Mary, being espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.¹⁹ Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and yet not willing to make her a publick example, purposed to put her away privily.²⁰ But while he was thinking on these things, behold an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take to thee Mary thy wife; for that which is begotten in her, is of the Holy Ghost.²¹ And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins.²² (Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet,²³ saying, Behold the virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a Son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, God with us.)²⁴ Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:²⁵ But he knew her not, till she had brought forth her Son, the first-born. And he called his name Jesus.