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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Matthew 1 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Matthew 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../malachi/4.htm" title="Malachi 4">◄</a> Matthew 1 <a href="../matthew/2.htm" title="Matthew 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/matthew/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">An Introduction to Jesus the Messiah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:1 The Gk. lacks This is">a</a></span> a record of the life<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:1 Or birth">b</a></span> of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.</p> <p class="heading">The Ancestry of Jesus</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/3.htm">Luke 3:23-28</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Aram, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Aram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and Jesse fathered King David.</p> <p class="reg">David fathered Solomon by the wife of Uriah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, Abijah fathered Asaph,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:7 Other mss. read Asa; cf. 1Chr 3:10">c</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Asaph<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:8 Other mss. read Asa; cf. 1Chr 3:10">d</a></span> fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, Joram fathered Uzziah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, Ahaz fathered Hezekiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amos,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:10 Other mss. read Amon; cf. 1Chr 3:13">e</a></span> and Amos<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:10 Other mss. read Amon; cf. 1Chr 3:13">f</a></span> fathered Josiah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Josiah fathered Jechoniah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:11 Or Jeconiah; cf. Jer 22:28-30">g</a></span> and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>After the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:12 Or Jeconiah; cf. Jer 22:28-30">h</a></span> fathered Salathiel,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:12 Or Shealtiel; cf. 1Chr 3:17; Ezra 3:2,8; 5:2; Neh 12:1; Luke 3:27">i</a></span> Salathiel fathered Zerubbabel, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, Abiud fathered Eliakim, Eliakim fathered Azor, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, Achim fathered Eliud, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:16 Lit. of whom Jesus was born">j</a></span> who is called the Messiah.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:16 Or Christ">k</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So all the generations from Abraham to David totaled fourteen<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:17 i.e. the numerical value of the Heb. name David">l</a></span> generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon totaled fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:17 Or Christ">m</a></span> there were fourteen generations.</p> <p class="heading">The Birth of Jesus</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/2.htm">Luke 2:1-7</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:18 Or Christ">n</a></span> happened in this way. When his mother Mary was engaged<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:18 Engagement involved a legally binding promise of marriage.">o</a></span> to Joseph, before they lived together she was discovered to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to disgrace her, decided to divorce her secretly.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>After he had thought about it, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” he said, “don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:21 The name Jesus means The Lord saves">p</a></span> because he is the one who will save his people from their sins.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Now all this happened to fulfill what was declared by the Lord through the prophet when he said,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“See, a virgin will become pregnant</p> <p class="poetry2">and give birth to a son,</p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot">and they will name him Immanuel,”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:23 Cf. Isa 7:14, citing a statement by the LORD">q</a></span> </p> <p class="reg">which means, “God with us.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When Joseph got up from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary as<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:24 The Gk. lacks Mary as">r</a></span> his wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He did not have marital relations with<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:25 Lit. not know">s</a></span> her until she had given birth to a son;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:25 Other mss. read to her firstborn son">t</a></span> and he named him Jesus.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 1:1 The Gk. lacks <i>This is</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 1:1 Or <i>birth</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 1:7 Other mss. read <i>Asa</i>; cf. 1Chr 3:10<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 1:8 Other mss. read <i>Asa</i>; cf. 1Chr 3:10<br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 1:10 Other mss. read <i>Amon</i>; cf. 1Chr 3:13<br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 1:10 Other mss. read <i>Amon</i>; cf. 1Chr 3:13<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 1:11 Or <i>Jeconiah</i>; cf. Jer 22:28-30<br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 1:12 Or <i>Jeconiah</i>; cf. Jer 22:28-30<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 1:12 Or <i>Shealtiel</i>; cf. 1Chr 3:17; Ezra 3:2,8; 5:2; Neh 12:1; Luke 3:27<br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 1:16 Lit. <i>of whom Jesus was born</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 1:16 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 1:17 i.e. the numerical value of the Heb. name <i>David</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 1:17 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 1:18 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 1:18 Engagement involved a legally binding promise of marriage.<br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 1:21 The name <i>Jesus</i> means <i>The Lord saves</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 1:23 Cf. 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