Matthew 1:2–16

²Abraham became the father of Isaac, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers, ³and Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez became the father of Hezron, and Hezron became the father of Aram,^{a 4}and Aram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon, ⁵and Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed became the father of Jesse, ⁶and Jesse became the father of David the king.

And David became the father of Solomon by the wife^* of Uriah, ⁷and Solomon became the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam became the father of Abijah, and Abijah became the father of Asa,^{b 8}and Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat,^c and Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram, and Joram became the father of Uzziah, ⁹and Uzziah became the father of Jotham, and Jotham became the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah, ¹⁰and Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh became the father of Amon,^d and Amon became the father of Josiah, ¹¹and Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

¹²And after the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel,^e and Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel, ¹³and Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud, and Abiud became the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim became the father of Azor, ¹⁴and Azor became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Achim, and Achim became the father of Eliud, ¹⁵and Eliud became the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar became the father of Matthan, and Matthan became the father of Jacob, ¹⁶and Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary by whom^f was born Jesus, who is called Christ.