And Obed begat Jesse. Jesse begat King David, and King David begat Solomon by Uriah.

And Matthew mentions Uriah's wife here in order to show that one should not be ashamed of one's ancestors, but most of all try to glorify them also with one's virtue, and that all are pleasing to God, even if they come from a harlot, if only they have virtue.

Solomon begat Rehoboam. And Rehoboam begat Abijah. And Abijah begat Asa. Asa begat Jehoshaphat. And Jehoshaphat begat Jehoram. And Joram begat Uzziah. Uzziah begat Jotham. Jotham begat Ahaz. Ahaz begat Hezekiah. Hezekiah begat Manasseh. Manasseh begat Amun. Amon begat Josiah. And Josiah begat Jehoiakim. And Jehoiakim begat Jehoiachin and his brethren, before he migrated to Babylon.

The Babylonian migration is the name given to the captivity that was later endured by the Jews, who were all taken together to Babylon. The Babylonians also fought with them at other times, but embittered them more moderately, and at the same time completely removed them from their homeland.

And when Jeconiah had migrated to Babylon, he begat Shealtiel. And Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel. And Zerubbabel begat Abihu. Abihu begat Eliakim. Eliakim begat Azor. Azor begat Zadok. Zadok begat Achim. Achim begat Eliud. Eliud begat Eleazar. Eleazar begat Matthan. Matthan begat Jacob. Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Why is the genealogy of Joseph given here, and not of the Mother of God? What was Joseph's participation in that seedless birth? Here Joseph was not the true father of Christ to trace the genealogy of Christ from Joseph. Listen, then: indeed, Joseph had no part in the birth of Christ, and therefore it was necessary to give the genealogy of the Mother of God; but since it was a law not to keep a genealogy in the female line (Num. 36:6), Matthew did not give the genealogy of the Virgin. In addition, having given the genealogy of Joseph, he gave her genealogy, for it was a law not to take wives from another tribe, or from another clan or family, but from the same tribe and clan. Since there was such a law, it is clear that if the genealogy of Joseph is given, then the genealogy of the Mother of God is also given, for the Mother of God was of the same tribe and the same family; if not, how could she be betrothed to him? Thus, the evangelist observed the law that forbade genealogy in the female line, but, nevertheless, gave the genealogy of the Mother of God, giving the genealogy of Joseph. And he called him Mary's husband according to the general custom, for we have the custom of calling the betrothed the betrothed the husband of the betrothed, although the marriage has not yet been consummated.

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.