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1 of , son of David, son of Abraham.
2Abraham Isaac, and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob Judah and .
3And Judah fathered Perez and Zerah from Tamar, and Perez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered Aram,
4and Aram fathered Aminadab, and Aminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon,
5and Salmon fathered Boaz from Rahab, and Boaz fathered Obed from Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse,
6and Jesse fathered David the king. And David fathered Solomon from the wife of Uriah,
7and Solomon fathered Rehoboam, and Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered ,
8and fathered Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, and Joram fathered Uzziah,
9and Uzziah fathered Jotham, and Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,
10and Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, and Manasseh fathered , and fathered Josiah,
11and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of .
12And after the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,
13and Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, and Abiud fathered Eliakim, and Eliakim fathered Azor,
14and Azor fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Achim, and Achim fathered Eliud,
15and Eliud fathered Eleazar, and Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob,
16and Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, the one called Christ.
17Therefore all the generations from Abraham until David were , and from David until the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon until the Christ fourteen generations.
18Now the genesis of Jesus Christ was this way: his mother Mary, , , was found to be pregnant .
19But Joseph her husband, and , resolved to .
20And as he considered these things, look: a messenger of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for the thing generated in her is from the Holy Spirit.
21And she will bear a son, and , for he himself will save his people from their sins.”
22Now this whole thing has happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled. The prophet said:
23“Look, will conceive and will bear a son, and they will call his name Emmanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”
24And Joseph, rising from sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord commanded him and took his wife,
25and until . And he called his name Jesus.
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