Matthew 1:1-17

Expanded Bible

² Abraham ·was the father of [fathered; ^Tbegot; ^Cand so throughout the genealogy; the word can refer to more distant ancestry] Isaac.
Isaac was the father of Jacob.
Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.
³ Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah.
    (Their mother was Tamar [Gen. 38].)
Perez was the father of Hezron.
Hezron was the father of Ram.
⁴ Ram was the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon.
Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
⁵ Salmon was the father of Boaz.
    (Boaz’s mother was Rahab [Josh. 2].)
Boaz was the father of Obed.
    (Obed’s mother was Ruth [Ruth 4:13–22].)
Obed was the father of Jesse.
⁶ Jesse was the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon.
    (Solomon’s mother had been Uriah’s wife [^CBathsheba; 2 Sam. 11—12].)
⁷ Solomon was the father of Rehoboam.
Rehoboam was the father of Abijah.
Abijah was the father of Asa.^[a]
8 Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat.
Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram [^Ca variant spelling of Jehoram; 1 Kin. 22:50].
Joram was the ·ancestor [or father; ^Csee v. 2] of Uzziah.
⁹ Uzziah was the father of Jotham.
Jotham was the father of Ahaz.
Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
¹⁰ Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh.
Manasseh was the father of Amon.
Amon was the father of Josiah.
¹¹ Josiah was the ·grandfather [or father; ^Csee v. 2] of Jeconiah [^Canother name for Jehoiachin; see 2 Kin. 24:6; 1 Chr. 3:16] and his brothers.
    (This was at the time ·that the people were taken [^Lof the exile/deportation; 2 Kin. 24:8–17] to Babylon.)
¹² After ·they were taken [the exile/deportation] to Babylon:
Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel.
Shealtiel was the ·grandfather [or father; ^Csee v. 2] of Zerubbabel [Ezra 2].
¹³ Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud.
Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
Eliakim was the father of Azor.
¹⁴ Azor was the father of Zadok.
Zadok was the father of ·Akim [Achim].
·Akim [Achim] was the father of Eliud.
¹⁵ Eliud was the father of Eleazar.
Eleazar was the father of Matthan.
Matthan was the father of Jacob.
¹⁶ Jacob was the father of Joseph.
Joseph was the husband of Mary,
and Mary ·was the mother of [gave birth to] Jesus, who is called the ·Christ [Messiah].