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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

1 The book of the ^agenealogy of Jesus Christ, ^bthe Son of David, ^cthe Son of Abraham:

2 ^aAbraham begot Isaac, ^bIsaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot ^cJudah and his brothers.

3 ^aJudah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, ^bPerez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram.

4 Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon.

5 Salmon begot ^aBoaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse,

6 and ^aJesse begot David the king. ^bDavid the king begot Solomon by her¹ who had been the wife of Uriah.

7 ^aSolomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot ^bAbijah, and Abijah begot Asa.

8 Asa begot ^aJehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot ^bUzziah.

9 Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot ^aAhaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah.

10 ^aHezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot ^bJosiah.

11 ^aJosiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were ^bcarried away to Babylon.

12 And after they were brought to Babylon, ^aJeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot ^bZerubbabel.

13 Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor.

14 Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud.

15 Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob.

16 And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of ^aMary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.

Christ Born of Mary

18 Now the ^abirth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child ^bof the Holy Spirit.

19 Then Joseph her husband, being¹ a just man, and not wanting ^ato make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.

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Definitions of words in Matthew 1:1:

Abraham {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Abraham {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Abraham {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Book {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Book {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

David {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
David {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
David {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Jesus {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Jesus {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Jesus {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Christ {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Christ {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

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