and (A)Jesse begot David the king.

(B)David the king begot Solomon by her [a]who had been the wife of Uriah. (C)Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot (D)Abijah, and Abijah begot [b]Asa. Asa begot (E)Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot (F)Uzziah. Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot (G)Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah. 10 (H)Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot [c]Amon, and Amon begot (I)Josiah. 11 (J)Josiah begot [d]Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were (K)carried away to Babylon.

12 And after they were brought to Babylon, (L)Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot (M)Zerubbabel. 13 Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor. 14 Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud. 15 Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob. 16 And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of (N)Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 1:6 Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Greek.
  2. Matthew 1:7 NU Asaph
  3. Matthew 1:10 NU Amos
  4. Matthew 1:11 Or Coniah or Jehoiachin

and Jesse the father of King David.(A)

David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,(B)

Solomon the father of Rehoboam,

Rehoboam the father of Abijah,

Abijah the father of Asa,

Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,

Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,

Jehoram the father of Uzziah,

Uzziah the father of Jotham,

Jotham the father of Ahaz,

Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,

10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,(C)

Manasseh the father of Amon,

Amon the father of Josiah,

11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah[a] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.(D)

12 After the exile to Babylon:

Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,(E)

Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,(F)

13 Zerubbabel the father of Abihud,

Abihud the father of Eliakim,

Eliakim the father of Azor,

14 Azor the father of Zadok,

Zadok the father of Akim,

Akim the father of Elihud,

15 Elihud 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,(G) and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 1:11 That is, Jehoiachin; also in verse 12