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15 Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob. 16 Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus,[a] who is called the Messiah.[b]

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David totaled fourteen[c] generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon totaled fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah[d] there were fourteen generations.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 1:16 Lit. of whom Jesus was born
  2. Matthew 1:16 Or Christ
  3. Matthew 1:17 I.e. the numerical value of the Heb. name David
  4. Matthew 1:17 Or Christ