Matthew 1:1-16

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

1  a The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ b the son of David c the son of Abraham.

2  d Abraham was the father of Isaac, and e Isaac the father of Jacob, and f Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and g Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram ▼
▼ Greek Aram; also verse 4
 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by i Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and j Jesse the father of David the king.

And k David was the father of Solomon by l the wife of Uriah, 7 and m Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph ▼
▼  Asaph is probably an alternate spelling of Asa; some manuscripts Asa; also verse 8
 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram o and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos ▼
▼  Amos is probably an alternate spelling of Amon; some manuscripts Amon; twice in this verse
 and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and q Josiah the father of r Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

12 And after the deportation to Babylon: s Jechoniah was the father of t Shealtiel ▼
▼ Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse
 and v Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of w Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

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