^2 (A)Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.^{(B) 3} Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar.^(C) Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, ^4 (D)Ram the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, ^5 (E)Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse, ^6 (F)Jesse the father of David the king.

David became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah. ^7 [a](G)Solomon became the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asaph. ⁸ Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah. ⁹ Uzziah became the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. ¹⁰ Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amos,^[b] Amos the father of Josiah. ¹¹ Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian exile.

^12 (H)After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, ¹³ Zerubbabel the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, ¹⁴ Azor the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, ¹⁵ Eliud the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, ¹⁶ Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Messiah.