² Abraham was the father of Isaac,^(A)

Isaac the father of Jacob,^(B)

Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,^(C)

³ Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,^(D)

Perez the father of Hezron,

Hezron the father of Ram,

⁴ Ram the father of Amminadab,

Amminadab the father of Nahshon,

Nahshon the father of Salmon,

⁵ Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,^(E)

Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,

Obed the father of Jesse,

⁶ and Jesse the father of King David.^(F)

David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,^(G)

⁷ Solomon the father of Rehoboam,

Rehoboam the father of Abijah,

Abijah the father of Asa,

⁸ Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,

Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,

Jehoram the father of Uzziah,

⁹ Uzziah the father of Jotham,

Jotham the father of Ahaz,

Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,

¹⁰ Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,^(H)

Manasseh the father of Amon,

Amon the father of Josiah,

¹¹ and Josiah the father of Jeconiah^[a] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.^(I)

¹² After the exile to Babylon:

Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,^(J)

Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,^(K)

¹³ Zerubbabel the father of Abihud,

Abihud the father of Eliakim,

Eliakim the father of Azor,

¹⁴ Azor the father of Zadok,

Zadok the father of Akim,

Akim the father of Elihud,

¹⁵ Elihud the father of Eleazar,

Eleazar the father of Matthan,

Matthan the father of Jacob,

¹⁶ and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary,^(L) and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.^(M)