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also verse 4">a</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and Jesse the father of David the king.</p><p class="regular">And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Asaph is probably an alternate spelling of Asa; some manuscripts Asa; also verse 8">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Amos is probably an alternate spelling of Amon; some manuscripts Amon; twice in this verse">c</a></sup></span> and Amos the father of Josiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse">d</a></sup></span> and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.</p> <p class="regular"><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 were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.</p> <p class="heading">The Birth of Jesus Christ</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now the birth of Jesus Christ<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts of the Christ">e</a></sup></span> took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, legally pledged to be married">f</a></sup></span> to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is 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 bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:</p> <span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,</span><br /><span class="indent">and they shall call his name Immanuel”</span></p><p class="same-paragraph">(which means, God with us). <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Greek <i>Aram</i>; also verse 4<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> <i class="catch-word">Asaph</i> is probably an alternate spelling of <i>Asa</i>; some manuscripts <i>Asa</i>; also verse 8<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <i class="catch-word">Amos</i> is probably an alternate spelling of <i>Amon</i>; some manuscripts <i>Amon</i>; twice in this verse<br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Greek <i>Salathiel</i>; twice in this verse<br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Some manuscripts <i><span class="catch-word">of</span> the Christ</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> That is, legally pledged to be married<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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