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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"><title>Matthew 1 Coverdale Bible</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="../">Coverdale Bible</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="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Coverdale Bible of 1535</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/matthew/1-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Genealogy of Jesus<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../ruth/4.htm#18">Ruth 4:18–22</a>; <a href ="../luke/3.htm#23">Luke 3:23–38</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is the boke of the generacion of Iesus Christ ye sonne of Dauid, the sonne of Abraham.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Abraha begat Isaac: Isaac begat Iacob: Iacob begat Iudas & his brethre: <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Iudas begat Phares & Zara of Thamar: Phares begat Hesrom: Hesrom begat Aram: <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Aram begat Aminadab: Aminadab begat Naasson: Naasson begat Salmon: <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Salmon begat Boos of Rahab: Boos begat Obed of Ruth: Obed begat Iesse: <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Iesse begat Dauid the kynge: Dauid the kynge begat Salomon, of her that was the wyfe of Vry: <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Salomon begat Roboam: Roboam begat Abia: Abia begat Asa: <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Asa begat Iosaphat: Iosaphat begat Ioram: Ioram begat Osias: <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Osias begat Ioatham: Ioatham begat Achas: Achas begat Ezechias: <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Ezechias begat Manasses: Manasses begat Amon: Amon begat Iosias: <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Iosias begat Iechonias and his brethren aboute the tyme of the captiuyte of Babylon.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And after the captiuyte of Babylon, Iechonias begat Salathiel: Salathiel begat Zorobabel: <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Zorobabel begat Abiud: Abiud begat Eliachim: Eliachim begat Azor: <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Azor begat Sadoc: Sadoc begat Achin: Achin begat Eliud: <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Eliud begat Eleasar: Eleasar begat Matthan: Matthan begat Iacob: <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Iacob begat Ioseph the hussbande of Mary, of who was borne that Iesus, which is called Christ.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>All the generacions from Abraha to Dauid are fourtene generacions: From Dauid vnto the captiuite of Babylon, are fourtene generacions. From the captiuite of Babylon vnto Christ, are also fourtene generacions.<p> <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">The Birth of Jesus<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../isaiah/7.htm#10">Isaiah 7:10–16</a>; <a href ="../luke/2.htm">Luke 2:1–7</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The byrth of Christ was on thys wyse: When his mother Mary was maried to Ioseph before they came together, she was foude with chylde by ye holy goost, <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But Ioseph her hussbande was a perfect man, and wolde not bringe her to shame, but was mynded to put her awaie secretely. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Neuertheles whyle he thus thought, beholde, the angell of the LORDE appered vnto him in a dreame, saynge: Ioseph thou sonne of Dauid, feare not to take vnto the Mary thy wyfe. For that which is coceaued in her, is of ye holy goost. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>She shall brynge forth a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iesus. For he shall saue his people from their synnes. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>All this was done, yt the thinge might, be fulfilled, which was spoken of the LORDE by the Prophet, saynge: <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Beholde, a mayde shall be with chylde, and shall brynge forth a sonne, and they shall call his name Emanuel, which is by interpretacion, God wt vs. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Now whan Ioseph awoke out of slepe he did as the angell of ye LORDE bade hym, and toke his wyfe vnto hym, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>and knewe her not, tyll she had brought forth hir fyrst borne sonne, and called his name Iesus.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Coverdale Bible of 1535<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../malachi/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Malachi 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Malachi 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>