^2 (A)Abraham was the father of Isaac, and ^(B)Isaac the father of Jacob, and ^(C)Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, ³ and ^(D)Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,^{[a] 4} and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, ⁵ and Salmon the father of Boaz by ^(E)Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, ⁶ and ^(F)Jesse the father of David the king.

And ^(G)David was the father of Solomon by ^(H)the wife of Uriah,

¹⁶ and Jacob the father of ^(A)Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

⁷ And she gave birth to her firstborn son and ^(A)wrapped him in swaddling cloths and ^(B)laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in ^(C)the inn.^[a]