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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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"><title>Matthew 1 BLB</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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BLB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/matthew/1.htm" width="100%" height="32" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Berean Literal Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Genealogy of Jesus<br /><span class="cross">(Ruth 4:18-22; Luke 3:23-38)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><i>The</i> book of <i>the</i> genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham: </p><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Abraham begat Isaac,</p><p class="indent1"> and Isaac begat Jacob,</p><p class="indent1"> and Jacob begat Judah and his brothers. </p><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Judah begat Perez and Zerah out of Tamar,</p><p class="indent1"> and Perez begat Hezron,</p><p class="indent1"> and Hezron begat Ram. </p><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And Ram begat Amminadab,</p><p class="indent1"> and Amminadab begat Nahshon,</p><p class="indent1"> and Nahshon begat Salmon. </p><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And Salmon begat Boaz out of Rahab,</p><p class="indent1"> and Boaz begat Obed out of Ruth,</p><p class="indent1"> and Obed begat Jesse, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and Jesse begat David the king.</p><p class="reg"> Next:</p><p class="indent1stline"> David begat Solomon, out of the <i>wife</i> of Uriah, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and Solomon begat Rehoboam,</p><p class="indent1"> and Rehoboam begat Abijah,</p><p class="indent1"> and Abijah begat Asa. </p><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Asa begat Jehoshaphat,</p><p class="indent1"> and Jehoshaphat begat Joram,</p><p class="indent1"> and Joram begat Uzziah. </p><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And Uzziah begat Jotham,</p><p class="indent1"> and Jotham begat Ahaz,</p><p class="indent1"> and Ahaz begat Hezekiah. </p><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Hezekiah begat Manasseh,</p><p class="indent1"> and Manasseh begat Amos,</p><p class="indent1"> and Amos begat Josiah, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brothers</p><p class="indent2"> at <i>the time</i> of the carrying away to Babylon. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And after the carrying away to Babylon:</p><p class="indent1stline"> Jechoniah begat Shealtiel,</p><p class="indent1"> and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and Zerubbabel begat Abiud,</p><p class="indent1"> and Abiud begat Eliakim,</p><p class="indent1"> and Eliakim begat Azor. </p><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Azor begat Zadok,</p><p class="indent1"> and Zadok begat Achim,</p><p class="indent1"> and Achim begat Eliud. </p><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Eliud begat Eleazar,</p><p class="indent1"> and Eleazar begat Matthan,</p><p class="indent1"> and Matthan begat Jacob, </p><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary,</p><p class="indent2"> of whom was born Jesus, the <i>One</i> being called Christ. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So all the generations from Abraham to David <i>were</i> fourteen generations, and from David until the carrying away to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations. </p><p class="hdg">The Birth of Jesus<br /><span class="cross">(Isaiah 7:10-16; Micah 5:1-6; Luke 2:1-7)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now the birth of Jesus Christ came about in this way: His mother Mary, having been pledged to Joseph, before their coming together, was found holding in womb through <i>the</i> Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then Joseph her husband, being righteous and not willing to shame her publicly, resolved to divorce her quietly. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But on his having pondered these things, behold, an angel of <i>the</i> Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, you should not be afraid to receive Mary <i>as</i> your wife, for that having been conceived in her is from <i>the</i> Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And she will bring forth a son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And all this has come to pass, so that it may be fulfilled that having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, </p><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“Behold, the virgin will hold in womb,</p><p class="indent2"> and will bring forth a son,</p><p class="indent1"> and they will call His name Immanuel”<span class="fn"><a href="#fna" title="Isaiah 7:14">a</a></span></p><p class="indent2"> which is, being translated, “God with us.” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And Joseph, having been awoken from sleep, did as the angel of <i>the</i> Lord had commanded him and received his wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But he did not know her until she had brought forth a Son, and he called His name Jesus.<A name="fn"><br /><br /></p><A name="fna"></a><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnote">Isaiah 7:14</span><br /><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible<br /><a href="//berean.bible">www.Berean.Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="//literalbible.com">Berean Literal Bible (BLB)</a><br />© 2016 by <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a> and <a href="//berean.bible">Berean.Bible</a><br />Used by Permission. 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