An Introduction to Jesus the Messiah

1 This is^[a] a record of the life^[b] of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

The Ancestry of Jesus^(A)

² Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers. ³ Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Aram, ⁴ Aram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon. ⁵ Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse, ⁶ and Jesse fathered King David.

David fathered Solomon by the wife of Uriah, ⁷ Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, Abijah fathered Asaph,^{[c] 8} Asaph^[d] fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, Joram fathered Uzziah, ⁹ Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, Ahaz fathered Hezekiah, ¹⁰ Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amos,^[e] and Amos^[f] fathered Josiah. ¹¹ Josiah fathered Jechoniah^[g] and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

¹² After the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah^[h] fathered Salathiel,^[i] Salathiel fathered Zerubbabel, ¹³ Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, Abiud fathered Eliakim, Eliakim fathered Azor, ¹⁴ Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, Achim fathered Eliud, 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,^[j] who is called the Messiah.^[k]

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