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Matthew chapter 1
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This is the of Jesus, — descendant of , descendant of .Abraham Isaac. Isaac fathered Jacob. Jacob fathered and his brothers.Judah fathered Perez and Zerah (their mother was ). Perez fathered Hezron. Hezron fathered Ram.Ram fathered Amminadab. Amminadab fathered Nahshon. Nahshon fathered Salmon.Salmon fathered Boaz (his mother was ). Boaz fathered Obed (his mother was ). Obed fathered Jesse.Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon (his mother had been ).Solomon fathered Rehoboam. Rehoboam fathered Abijah. Abijah fathered Asa.Asa fathered Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat fathered Joram. Joram fathered Uzziah.Uzziah fathered Jotham. Jotham fathered Ahaz. Ahaz fathered Hezekiah.Hezekiah fathered Manasseh. Manasseh fathered Amon. Amon fathered Josiah.Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers around the time of the .After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel. Shealtiel fathered .Zerubbabel fathered Abiud. Abiud fathered Eliakim. Eliakim fathered Azor.Azor fathered Zadok. Zadok fathered Achim. Achim fathered Eliud.Eliud fathered Eleazar. Eleazar fathered Matthan. Matthan fathered Jacob.Jacob fathered , the husband of — and it was Mary who gave birth to Jesus, called The One.So all together: from Abraham to David, fourteen generations from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen generations from the Babylonian exile to The One.Here’s how the birth of Jesus, The One, happened: His mother Mary was to Joseph, but before they came together, she turned out to be pregnant through .Now Joseph, her husband, was a and didn’t want to , so he planned to quietly.But while he was thinking this over, a appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, — don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what’s been in her is from the Breath of God.”She’s going to have a son, and you are to name him — because he will his people from their .All of this happened to what Yahweh had spoken through the :“Look — the will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him ” (which means “God with us”).When Joseph woke up, he the messenger from Yahweh had told him — he .But he until she had given birth to a son. And he .