Matthew 1

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

1The ^ahistorical record ^bcof Jesus Christ, the Son of David, ^dthe Son of Abraham: ^e

From Abraham to David

²Abraham fathered ^fIsaac,

Isaac fathered Jacob,

Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers, ^g

³Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar,

Perez fathered Hezron,

Hezron fathered Aram, ^h

⁴Aram fathered Amminadab,

Amminadab fathered Nahshon,

Nahshon fathered Salmon,

⁵Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab,

Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth,

Obed fathered Jesse, ⁱ

⁶and Jesse fathered King David.

From David to the Babylonian Exile

Then ^jDavid fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife, ^k

⁷Solomon fathered Rehoboam,

Rehoboam fathered Abijah,

Abijah fathered Asa, ^l

⁸Asa ^mfathered Jehoshaphat,

Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, ⁿ

Joram fathered Uzziah, ^o

⁹Uzziah fathered Jotham,

Jotham fathered Ahaz,

Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,

¹⁰Hezekiah fathered Manasseh,

Manasseh fathered Amon, ^p

Amon fathered Josiah, ^q

¹¹and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers

at the time of the exile to Babylon. ^r

From the Exile to the Messiah

¹²Then after the exile to Babylon

Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel,

Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,

¹³Zerubbabel fathered Abiud,

Abiud fathered Eliakim,

Eliakim fathered Azor, ^s

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 ^tJesus who is called the Messiah. ^u

¹⁷So all the generations from Abraham to David were 14 generations; and from David until the exile to Babylon, 14 generations; and from the exile to Babylon until the Messiah, 14 generations. ^v

The Nativity of the Messiah

¹⁸The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After His mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit. ^w19So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man, ^xand not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly. ^y

²⁰But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord suddenly 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 by the Holy Spirit. ^z21She will give birth to a son, and you are to name Him Jesus, ^abbecause He will save His people from their sins.” ^c

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, ^d

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

²⁴When Joseph got up from sleeping, he did as the Lord’s angel had commanded him. He married her ^f25but did not know her intimately until she gave birth to a son. ^gAnd he named Him Jesus. ^h