Matthew 1:16-18 and Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband to be of Mary, out of whom Jesus was born, the One called Christ.

LITV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ and Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband to be of Mary, out of whom Jesus was born, the One called Christ. ¹⁷ 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 until the Christ, fourteen generations. ¹⁸ And the birth of Jesus Christ was this way (for His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph) before they came together, she was discovered to be pregnant in womb by the Holy Spirit.