The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Matthew 01
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus
Christ,† the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham became the father of Isaac.
Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob
became the father of Judah and his brothers.
3 Judah became the father of Perez and
Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father
of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.
4 Ram became the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab became the father of
Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.
5 Salmon became the father of Boaz by
Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by
Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.
6 Jesse became the father of King David.
David the king‡ became the father of
Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.
7 Solomon became the father of Rehoboam.
Rehoboam became the father of
Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.
8 Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat.
Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram.
Joram became the father of Uzziah.
9 Uzziah became the father of Jotham.
Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz
became the father of Hezekiah.
10 Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh.
Manasseh became the father of
Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.
11 Josiah became the father of Jechoniah
and his brothers at the time of the
exile to Babylon.
12 After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah
became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel
became the father of Zerubbabel.
13 Zerubbabel became the father of
Abiud. Abiud became the father of
Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of
Azor.
14 Azor became the father of Zadok.
Zadok became the father of Achim. Achim
became the father of Eliud.
15 Eliud became the father of Eleazar.
Eleazar became the father of Matthan.
Matthan became the father of Jacob.
16 Jacob became the father of Joseph, the
husband of Mary, from whom was born
Jesus,§ who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from Abraham
to David are fourteen generations; from
David to the exile to Babylon fourteen
generations; and from the carrying away to
Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like
this: After his mother, Mary, was engaged
to Joseph, before they came together, she
was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
19 Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man,
and not willing to make her a
public example, intended to put her away
secretly.
20 But when he thought about these
things, behold,† an angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph,
son of David, don’t be afraid to take to
yourself Mary as your wife, for that which
is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
21 She shall give birth to a son. You shall
name him Jesus,‡ for it is he who shall save
his people from their sins.”
22 Now all this has happened that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the
Lord through the prophet, saying,
23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child,
and shall give birth to a son.
They shall call his name Immanuel,”
which is, being interpreted, “God with us.
24 Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as
the angel oftheLord commandedhim, and
took his wife to himself;
25 and didn’t know her sexually until she
had given birth to her firstborn son. He
named him Jesus.