Matthew 1

1 The book of the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

2 Abraham begat Isaac; Isaac begat Jacob; Jacob begat Judah and his brethren;

3 And Judah begat Perez and Zarah by Tamar; And Perez begat Hezron; And Hezrom begat Aram;

4 And Aram begat Aminadab; Aminadab begat Naason; Nahason begat Salmon;

5 Salmon begat Boaz by Rahab; Boaz begat Obed by Ruth; Obed begat Jesse;

6 Jesse begat David king; David begat Solomon by Uriah;

7 Solomon begat Rehoboam; Rehoboam begat Abijah; Abijah begat Asa;

8 Asa begat Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat begat Jehoram; And Joram begat Uzziah;

9 Uzziah begat Jotham; Jotham begat Ahaz; Ahaz begat Hezekiah;

10 Hezekiah begat Manasseh; Manasseh begat Amun; Amon begat Josiah;

11 Josiah begat Jeconiah and his brethren, while he was carrying away to Babylon.

12 And it came to pass, when Jeconiah had carried away into Babylon, begat Shealtiel; Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel;

13 Zerubbabel begat Abihu; Abihu begat Eliakim; Eliakim begat Azor;

14 Azor begat Zadok; Zadok begat Achim; Achim begat Eliud;

15 Eliud begat Eleazar; Eleazar begat Matthan; Matthan begat Jacob;

16 And Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

17 Therefore all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon to Christ fourteen generations.

18 And the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: And when his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they were united, she was found to be with child of the Holy Ghost.

19 And Joseph, her husband, being righteous, and not desiring to dishonor her, decided to send her away secretly.

20 And when he had thought this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, 'Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to receive Miriam your wife, for that which is born in her is of the Holy Spirit.'