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.'

21 And she shall bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.

22 And all these things came to pass, that it might be fulfilled which the Lord had spoken through the prophet,

23 Behold, a virgin shall conceive in her womb, and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel, which is translated, God is with us.

24 And when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took his wife.

25 And he did not know her until she gave birth to a son, and he called his name Jesus.

Matthew 2

1 And when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, the wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,