Matthew 1

THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST

1An^a account^b of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David,^c the Son of Abraham:^d

FROM ABRAHAM TO DAVID

²Abraham fathered Isaac,

Isaac fathered Jacob,

Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,^e

³Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar,

Perez fathered Hezron,

Hezron fathered Aram,^f

⁴Aram fathered Amminadab,

Amminadab fathered Nahshon,

Nahshon fathered Salmon,

⁵Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab,

Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth,

Obed fathered Jesse,^g

⁶and Jesse fathered King David.

FROM DAVID TO THE BABYLONIAN EXILE

David fathered Solomon^B by Uriah’s wife,^h

⁷Solomon fathered Rehoboam,

Rehoboam fathered Abijah,

Abijah fathered Asa,^C

⁸Asa^C fathered Jehoshaphat,

Jehoshaphat fathered Joram,^D

Joram fathered Uzziah,ⁱ

⁹Uzziah fathered Jotham,

Jotham fathered Ahaz,

Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,

¹⁰Hezekiah fathered Manasseh,

Manasseh fathered Amon,^E

Amon fathered Josiah,^j

¹¹and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers

at the time of the exile to Babylon.^k

FROM THE EXILE TO THE MESSIAH

¹²After the exile to Babylon

Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel,

Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,

¹³Zerubbabel fathered Abiud,

Abiud fathered Eliakim,

Eliakim fathered Azor,^l

¹⁴Azor fathered Zadok,

Zadok fathered Achim,

Achim fathered Eliud,

¹⁵Eliud fathered Eleazar,

Eleazar fathered Matthan,

Matthan fathered Jacob,

¹⁶and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary,

who gave birth to Jesus who is called the Messiah.^m

¹⁷So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations; and from David until the exile to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon until the Messiah, fourteen generations.ⁿ

THE NATIVITY OF THE MESSIAH

¹⁸The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After his mother Mary had been engaged^F to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant from the Holy Spirit.^{o 19}So her husband, Joseph, being a righteous man,^p and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.^q

²⁰But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.^{r 21}She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus,^s because he will save his people from their sins.”^t

²²Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

²³See, the virgin will become pregnant

and give birth to a son,

and they will name him Immanuel,^A

which is translated “God is with us.”^u

²⁴When Joseph woke up, he did as the Lord’s angel had commanded him. He married her^{v 25}but did not have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son.^B And he named him Jesus.^w