Matthew Chapter 1

The Genealogy of Jesus (cp. Lk 3:23-38)

            1 The genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, son of David, son of Abraham   

2Abraham, father ofIsaac, father ofJacob, father of
Judah and his brothers;
3Judah was father ofPeres and Zerah by Tamar;
Peres was father ofHezron, father of
Ram, 4father ofAmminadab, father ofNahshon, father of
Salmon, 5father ofBoaz by Rahab;
Boaz was father ofObed by Ruth;
Obed was father of
Jesse, 6father ofDavid the king.
David was father of
Solomon by his wife, who
had been Uriah’s wife.7Solomon was father ofRehoboam, father of
Abijah, father ofAsaph, 8father ofJehoshaphat, father of
Joram, father ofUzziah, 9father ofJotham, father of
Ahaz, father ofHezekiah, 10father ofManasseh, father of
Amos, father ofJosiah, 11father ofJechoniah and his brothers
at the exile to Babylon.
12After the exile,
Jechoniah was father ofShealtiel, father ofZerubbabel, 13father of
Abiud, father ofEliakim, father ofAzor, 14father of
Zadok, father ofAchim, father ofEliud, 15father of
Eleazar, father ofMatthan, father ofJacob, 16father of Joseph
husband of Mary,
who gave birth to Jesus,
called Messiah.

17 There are 14 generations from Abraham to David,

14 from David to the exile in Babylon, and

14 from the exile to Messiah.                                                                                              

Mt 1:1-17

Jesus’ Birth Announced to Joseph

            18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place. His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph. Before they got married, it was discovered that she was pregnant (by the Holy Spirit). 19 Joseph, her husband, was a just man and not willing to disgrace her publicly, so he intended to break off the engagement privately. 20 As he was struggling with the matter, an angel of the LORD appeared in a dream, “Joseph son of David, don’t have qualms about marrying her. She’s pregnant by the Holy Spirit. 21 She’ll have a son you’re to name Jesus, because he’ll ‘save’ his people from their sins.” 22 That fulfilled what the LORD had said by the prophet Isaiah,

23 “A virgin will have a son

                                    they’ll call Emmanuel (‘God with us’)” [Is 7:14].

24 Joseph got up and did what the angel said, 25 but didn’t have relations with her till she had a son; he named him Jesus.                                                                           

Mt 1:18-25

From the CNT translation by Virgil Warren, PhD