1:1  THE BOOK of the ancestry (genealogy) of Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the son (descendant) of David, the son (descendant) of Abraham.

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

1:3  Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Aram,

1:4  Aram the father of Aminadab, Aminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,

1:5  Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,

1:6  Jesse the father of King David, King David the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah,

1:7  Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,

1:8  Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram [Jehoram], Joram the father of Uzziah,

1:9  Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,

1:10  Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,

1:11  And Josiah became the father of Jeconiah [also called Coniah and Jehoiachin] and his brothers about the time of the removal (deportation) to Babylon. [II Kings 24:14; I Chron. 3:15, 16.]

1:12  After the exile to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel [Salathiel], Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

1:13  Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor,

1:14  Azor the father of Sadoc, Sadoc the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud,

1:15  Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,

1:16  Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, Who is called the Christ. (the Messiah, the Anointed)

1:17  So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen, from David to the Babylonian exile (deportation) fourteen generations, from the Babylonian exile to the Christ fourteen generations.

1:18  Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place under these circumstances: When His mother Mary had been promised in marriage to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be pregnant [through the power] of the Holy Spirit.

1:19  And her [promised] husband Joseph, being a just {and} upright man and not willing to expose her publicly {and} to shame {and} disgrace her, decided to repudiate {and} dismiss (divorce) her quietly {and} secretly.

1:20  But as he was thinking this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary [as] your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of (from, out of) the Holy Spirit.

1:21  She will bear a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus [the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua, which means Savior], for He will save His people from their sins [that is, prevent them from failing and missing the true end and scope of life, which is God].

1:22  All this took place that it might be fulfilled which the Lord had spoken through the prophet,

1:23  Behold, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel--which, when translated, means, God with us.

1:24  Then Joseph, being aroused from his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him: he took [her to his side as] his wife.

1:25  But he had no union with her as her husband until she had borne {her firstborn} Son; and he called His name Jesus.