Matthew 1:1-17

Lamsa(i) 1 THE book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham begot Isaac; Isaac begot Jacob; Jacob begot Judah and his brothers; 3 Judah begot Perez and Zerah of his wife Tamar; Perez begot Hezron; Hezron begot Aram; 4 Aram begot Aminadab; Aminadab begot Nahson; Nahson begot Salmon; 5 Salmon begot Boaz of his wife Rahab; Boaz begot Obed of his wife Ruth; Obed begot Jesse; 6 Jesse begot David the king; David the king begot Solomon of the wife of Uriah; 7 Solomon begot Rehoboam; Rehoboam begot Abijah; Abijah begot Asa; 8 Asa begot Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat begot Joram; Joram begot Uzziah; 9 Uzziah begot Jotham; Jotham begot Ahaz; Ahaz begot Hezekiah; 10 Hezekiah begot Manasseh; Manasseh begot Amon; Amon begot Josiah; 11 Josiah begot Jechoniah and his brothers, about the captivity of Babylon. 12 And after the captivity of Babylon, Jechoniah begot Shealtiel; Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel; 13 Zerubbabel begot Abiud; Abiud begot Eliakim; Eliakim begot Azor; 14 Azor begot Sadoc; Sadoc begot Achim; Achim begot Eliud; 15 Eliud begot Eleazar; Eleazar begot Matthan; Matthan begot Jacob; 16 Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 17 Therefore all the generations, from Abraham down to David, are fourteen generations; and from David down to the Babylonian captivity, fourteen generations; and from the Babylonian captivity down to Christ, fourteen generations.