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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

The book of the genealogy of [a]Jesus [b]Christ, (A)the son of David, (B)the son of Abraham:

Abraham [c]was the father of Isaac,
and Isaac was the father of Jacob,
and Jacob was the father of [d]Judah and his brothers.
And Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar,
and (C)Perez was the father of Hezron,
and Hezron was the father of [e]Ram.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 1:1 Heb Yeshua (Joshua), meaning Yahweh saves
  2. Matthew 1:1 Messiah
  3. Matthew 1:2 Lit fathered, so in genealogy
  4. Matthew 1:2 Gr Judas; names of people in the Old Testament are given in their Old Testament form
  5. Matthew 1:3 Gr Aram