1A book of a genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2Abraham begot Isaac, and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers, 3and Judah begot Perez and Zerah from Tamar, and Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram, 4and Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon, 5and Salmon begot Boaz from Rahab, and Boaz begot Obed from Ruth, and Obed begot Jesse, 6and Jesse begot David the king. And David begot Solomon from the widow of Uriah, 7and Solomon begot Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa, 8and Asa begot Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah, 9and Uzziah begot Jotham, and Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah, 10and Hezekiah begot Manasseh, and Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah, 11and Josiah begot Jechoniah and his brothers during the Babylonian exile. 12And after the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel, 13and Zerubbabel begot Abiud, and Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor, 14and Azor begot Zadoc, and Zadoc begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud, 15and Eliud begot Eleazar, and Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob, 16and Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the Babylonian exile fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian exile to the Christ fourteen generations. 18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was this way. For his mother Mary, who was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found having in her womb from Holy Spirit. 19But Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wanting to expose her to public disgrace, intended to dismiss her privately. 20But while he considered these things, behold, an agent of Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take Mary to be thy wife, for that which was begotten in her is from Holy Spirit. 21And she will bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name JESUS, for he will save his people from their sins. 22Now all this has come to pass, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, 23Behold, the virgin will have in her womb, and will bring forth a son. And they will call his name Immanuel, which is, being interpreted, God with us. 24And Joseph, being roused from his sleep, did as the agent of Lord ordered him. And he took his wife, 25and knew her not until she brought forth her son, the firstborn. And he called his name JESUS.