Matthew 1
The Genealogy of Jesus
(Ruth 4:18–22; Luke 3:23–38)
¹ This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
² Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
³ Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.1
⁴ Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.
⁵ Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
⁶ and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
⁷ Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.2
⁸ Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
⁹ Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
¹⁰ Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon,3 Amon the father of Josiah,
¹¹ and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
¹² After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
¹³ Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.
¹⁴ Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud.
¹⁵ Eliud was 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, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
¹⁷ In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.
The Birth of Jesus
(Isaiah 7:10–16; Luke 2:1–7)
¹⁸ This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
¹⁹ Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.
²⁰ But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
²¹ She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus,4 because He will save His people from their sins.”
²² All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
²³ “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel”5 (which means, “God with us”6).
²⁴ When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and embraced Mary as his wife.
²⁵ But he had no union with her 7 until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
1:3 Greek Aram, a variant of Ram; also in verse 4; see 1 Chronicles 2:9–10. ↩︎
1:7 Greek Asaph, a variant of Asa; also in verse 8; see 1 Chronicles 3:10. ↩︎
1:10 Greek Amōs, a variant spelling of Amon; twice in this verse; see 1 Chronicles 3:14. ↩︎
1:21 Jesus means The LORD saves. ↩︎
1:23 Literally they will call His name Immanuel; Isaiah 7:14 (see also DSS) ↩︎
1:23 See Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 8:8, and Isaiah 8:10. ↩︎
1:25 Literally he did not know her ↩︎