1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: |
1:2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren; |
1:3 And Judah begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; |
1:4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; |
1:5 And Salmon begat Boaz of Rachab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; |
1:6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of the one who had been wife of Uriah; |
1:7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; |
1:8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; |
1:9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; |
1:10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; |
1:11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren at the time of the carrying away to Babylon. |
1:12 And after the captivity in Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; |
1:13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; |
1:14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; |
1:15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; |
1:16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, Who is called the Christ. |
1:17 So then, all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations. |
1:18 And the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: Now His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph; but before they came together, she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit. |
1:19 And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to expose her publicly, was planning to divorce her secretly. |
1:20 But as he pondered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary to be your wife, because that which has been begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit. |
1:21 And she shall give birth to a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus; for He shall save His people from their sins." |
1:22 Now all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, |
1:23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall give birth to a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel"; which is, being interpreted, "God with us." |
1:24 And when Joseph was awakened from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded, and took his wife to wed; |
1:25 But he did not have sexual relations with her until after she had given birth to her Son, the firstborn; and he called His name Jesus. |