2 Esdras 1:1-3

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

Comprising what are sometimes called 5 Ezra (chapters 1—2), 4 Ezra (chapters 3—14), and 6 Ezra (chapters 15—16)

The Genealogy of Ezra

1 The book^[a] of the prophet Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, ² son of Ahijah, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraimoth, son of Arna, son of Uzzi, son of Borith, son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, ³ son of Aaron, of the tribe of Levi, who was a captive in the country of the Medes in the reign of Artaxerxes, king of the Persians.^[b]