Matthew 1 Christian Standard Bible

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

1 An^(A) account^(B) of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David,^(C) the Son of Abraham:^(D)

From Abraham to David

²Abraham fathered^[a] Isaac,

Isaac fathered Jacob,

Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,^(E)

³Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar,

Perez fathered Hezron,

Hezron fathered Aram,^(F)

⁴Aram fathered Amminadab,

Amminadab fathered Nahshon,

Nahshon fathered Salmon,

⁵Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab,

Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth,

Obed fathered Jesse,^(G)

⁶and Jesse fathered King David.

From David to the Babylonian Exile

David fathered Solomon^[b] by Uriah’s wife,^(H)

⁷Solomon fathered Rehoboam,

Rehoboam fathered Abijah,

Abijah fathered Asa,^[c]

⁸Asa^[d] fathered Jehoshaphat,

Jehoshaphat fathered Joram,^[e]

Joram fathered Uzziah,^(I)

⁹Uzziah fathered Jotham,

Jotham fathered Ahaz,

Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,

¹⁰Hezekiah fathered Manasseh,

Manasseh fathered Amon,^[f]

Amon fathered Josiah,^(J)

¹¹and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers

at the time of the exile to Babylon.^(K)

From the Exile to the Messiah

¹²After the exile to Babylon

Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel,

Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,

¹³Zerubbabel fathered Abiud,

Abiud fathered Eliakim,

Eliakim fathered Azor,^(L)

¹⁴Azor fathered Zadok,

Zadok fathered Achim,

Achim fathered Eliud,

¹⁵Eliud fathered Eleazar,

Eleazar fathered Matthan,

Matthan fathered Jacob,

¹⁶and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary,

who gave birth to Jesus who is called the Messiah.^(M)

¹⁷So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations; and from David until the exile to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon until the Messiah, fourteen generations.^(N)

The Nativity of the Messiah

¹⁸The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After his mother Mary had been engaged^[g] to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant from the Holy Spirit.^(O) ¹⁹So her husband, Joseph, being a righteous man,^(P) and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.^(Q)

²⁰But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.^(R) ²¹She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus,^(S) because he will save his people from their sins.”^(T)

²²Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

²³See, the virgin will become pregnant
and give birth to a son,
and they will name him Immanuel,^[h]

which is translated “God is with us.”^(U)

²⁴When Joseph woke up, he did as the Lord’s angel had commanded him. He married her^(V) ²⁵but did not have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son.^[i] And he named him Jesus.^(W)

Footnotes

1:2 In vv. 2–16 either a son, as here, or a later descendant, as in v. 8
1:6 Other mss add King
1:7 Other mss read Asaph
1:8 Other mss read Asaph
1:8 = Jehoram
1:10 Other mss read Amos
1:18 Or betrothed
1:23 Is 7:14
1:25 Other mss read to her firstborn son

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