Matthew 1:1-17
The Genealogy of Jesus
The book of the generation
of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Abraham became the father
of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of
Judah and his brothers. Judah became the father of Perez
and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the
father of Ram. Ram became
the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon
became the father of Salmon. Salmon became the father of Boaz
by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father
of Jesse. Jesse became the
father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon by her who
had been the wife of Uriah. Solomon became the father of
Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father
of Asa. Asa became the
father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram
became the father of Uzziah. Uzziah became the father of
Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of
Hezekiah. Hezekiah became
the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became
the father of Josiah. Josiah became the father of
Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babylon. After the exile to Babylon,
Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of
Zerubbabel. Zerubbabel
became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim
became the father of Azor. Azor became the father of Sadoc.
Sadoc became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud.
Eliud became the father
of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the
father of Jacob. Jacob
became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. So all the generations from
Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to
Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the
Christ, fourteen generations.