Matthew 1:1–16

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

¹The book of the genealogy of ¹Jesus ²Christ, ^athe son of David, ^bthe son of Abraham:

²Abraham ¹was the father of Isaac, and Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob was the father of ²Judah and his brothers.

³And Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and ^aPerez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron was the father of ¹Ram.

⁴And Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon was the father of Salmon.

⁵And Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

⁶And Jesse was the father of David the king. And David ^awas the father of Solomon by ¹the wife of Uriah.

⁷And Solomon ^awas the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam was the father of Abijah, and Abijah was the father of ¹Asa.

⁸And Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat was the father of ¹Joram, and Joram was the father of Uzziah.

⁹And Uzziah was the father of ¹Jotham, and Jotham was the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.

¹⁰And Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh was the father of ¹Amon, and Amon was the ^afather of Josiah.

¹¹And Josiah was the father of ¹Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the ^adeportation to Babylon.

¹²And after the ^adeportation to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of ¹Shealtiel, and Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.

¹³And Zerubbabel was the father of ¹Abihud, and Abihud was the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim was the father of Azor.

¹⁴And Azor was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Achim, and Achim was the father of Eliud.

¹⁵And Eliud was the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar was the father of Matthan, and Matthan was the father of Jacob.

¹⁶And Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, ^awho is called ¹Christ.