The Bible is an eternal Book and a spiritual companion of mankind, it knows no boundaries in time and space and appeals to the hearts of people who speak hundreds of languages.

The translation of the Bible into Russian was carried out by the St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan and Kiev Theological Academies from 1856 to 1876.

The translation was based on the Russian text of the New Testament, the Psalter and the Pentateuch, which appeared as a result of the work of the Russian Bible Society in 1816-1826. The final redaction was carried out by the Holy Synod and personally by Metropolitan Philaret (Drozdov) of Moscow. The full text of the translation was published in 1876.

The Synodal translation is the main text of the Bible for all Christians in Russia.

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Books of the New Testament

The Gospel of Matthew

Chapter 1

1 Genealogy of Jesus Christ, Son of David, 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 Nahshon; Nahshon begat Salmon;

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

6 Jesse begat David king; David the king begat Solomon by the one who was married to 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 Jehoiakim; And Jehoiakim begat Jehoiachin and his brethren, before he migrated to Babylon.

12 And when Jeconiah had carried away to Babylon, he begat Shealtiel; And Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel;