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href="#fen-NRSVCE-27418b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> the son of David, the son of Abraham.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Aram, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>and Aram the father of Aminadab, and Aminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>and Jesse the father of King David.</span></p><p><span class="text">And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27424c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>and Asaph<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27425d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27427e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> and Amos<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27427f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>]</span> the father of Josiah, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel, and Salathiel the father of Zerubbabel, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27433g" title="See footnote g">g</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote g">g</a>]</span></span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27434h" title="See footnote h">h</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote h">h</a>]</span> fourteen generations.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Birth of Jesus the Messiah</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27435i" title="See footnote i">i</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote i">i</a>]</span> took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet:</span></p> <div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>“Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and they shall name him Emmanuel,”</span></span></p></div><p class="first-line-none"><span class="text">which means, “God is with us.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>but had no marital relations with her until she had borne a son;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-27442j" title="See footnote j">j</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote j">j</a>]</span> and he named him Jesus.</span></p> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 1:1">Matthew 1:1</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>birth</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 1:1">Matthew 1:1</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>Jesus Christ</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 1:7">Matthew 1:7</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>Asa</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 1:8">Matthew 1:8</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>Asa</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 1:10">Matthew 1:10</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>Amon</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 1:10">Matthew 1:10</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>Amon</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 1:16">Matthew 1:16</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>the Christ</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 1:17">Matthew 1:17</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>the Christ</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 1:18">Matthew 1:18</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>Jesus Christ</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Matthew 1:25">Matthew 1:25</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>her firstborn son</i></span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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