Matthew 1:1–17

The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

1:1–17pp—Lk 3:23–38 1:3–6pp—Ru 4:18–22 1:7–11pp—1Ch 3:10–17

1This is the genealogy^a of Jesus the Messiah^b the son of David,^a the son of Abraham:^b

²Abraham was the father of Isaac,^c

Isaac the father of Jacob,^d

Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,^e

³Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,^f

Perez the father of Hezron,

Hezron the father of Ram,

⁴Ram the father of Amminadab,

Amminadab the father of Nahshon,

Nahshon the father of Salmon,

⁵Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,^g

Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,

Obed the father of Jesse,

⁶and Jesse the father of King David.^h

David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,ⁱ

⁷Solomon the father of Rehoboam,

Rehoboam the father of Abijah,

Abijah the father of Asa,

⁸Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,

Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,

Jehoram the father of Uzziah,

⁹Uzziah the father of Jotham,

Jotham the father of Ahaz,

Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,

¹⁰Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,^j

Manasseh the father of Amon,

Amon the father of Josiah,

¹¹and Josiah the father of Jeconiah^c and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.^k

¹²After the exile to Babylon:

Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,^l

Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,^m

¹³Zerubbabel the father of Abihud,

Abihud the father of Eliakim,

Eliakim the father of Azor,

¹⁴Azor the father of Zadok,

Zadok the father of Akim,

Akim the father of Elihud,

¹⁵Elihud the father of Eleazar,

Eleazar the father of Matthan,

Matthan the father of Jacob,

¹⁶and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary,ⁿ and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.^o

¹⁷Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.