Matthew 1:1-6

New American Standard Bible

The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

1 The ^[a]record of the genealogy of ^[b]Jesus the ^[c]Messiah, ^(A)the son of David, ^(B)the son of Abraham:

²Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered ^[d]Judah and his brothers. ³Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, ^(C)Perez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered ^[e]Ram. ⁴Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon. ⁵Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse. ⁶Jesse fathered David the king.

David ^(D)fathered Solomon by ^[f]her who had been the wife of Uriah.

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Footnotes

Matthew 1:1 Lit book
Matthew 1:1 In Heb Yeshua (Joshua), meaning The Lord is salvation
Matthew 1:1 From Gr Christos, which means Messiah (Heb for Anointed One)
Matthew 1:2 Gr Judas; a name of a person in the Old Testament is given in its Old Testament form
Matthew 1:3 Gr Aram
Matthew 1:6 I.e., Bathsheba