1 The book of the genealogy^[a] of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham—

² Abraham fathered^[b] Isaac, and Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers, ³ and Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered Ram, ⁴ and Ram fathered Aminadab, and Aminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon, ⁵ and Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse, ⁶ and Jesse fathered David the king.

And David fathered Solomon by the one of Uriah, ⁷ and Solomon fathered Rehoboam, and Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered Asaph, ⁸ and Asaph fathered Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, and Joram fathered Uzziah, ⁹ and Uzziah fathered Jotham, and Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah, ¹⁰ and Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, and Manasseh fathered Amos, and Amos fathered Josiah, ¹¹ and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the deportation of Babylon.

¹² And after the deportation of Babylon, Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel, ¹³ and Zerubbabel fathered Abihud, and Abihud fathered Eliakim, and Eliakim fathered Azor, ¹⁴ and Azor fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Achim, and Achim fathered Eliud, ¹⁵ and Eliud fathered Eleazar, and Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob, ¹⁶ and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary— by whom^[c] Jesus was born, the One being called Christ.

¹⁷ So all^[d] the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation of Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the deportation of Babylon to the Christ are fourteen generations.