² Abraham fathered^[b] Isaac,
Isaac fathered Jacob,
Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,^(E)
3 Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar,
Perez fathered Hezron,
Hezron fathered Aram,^(F)
4 Aram fathered Amminadab,
Amminadab fathered Nahshon,
Nahshon fathered Salmon,
⁵ Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab,
Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth,
Obed fathered Jesse,^(G)
6 and Jesse fathered King David.

Then^[c] David fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife,^(H)
7 Solomon fathered Rehoboam,
Rehoboam fathered Abijah,
Abijah fathered Asa,^[d]
8 Asa^[e] fathered Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat fathered Joram,^[f]
Joram fathered Uzziah,^(I)
9 Uzziah fathered Jotham,
Jotham fathered Ahaz,
Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,
¹⁰ Hezekiah fathered Manasseh,
Manasseh fathered Amon,^[g]
Amon fathered Josiah,^(J)
11 and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers
at the time of the exile to Babylon.^(K)

¹² Then after the exile to Babylon
Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel,
Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,
¹³ Zerubbabel fathered Abiud,
Abiud fathered Eliakim,
Eliakim fathered Azor,^(L)
14 Azor fathered Zadok,
Zadok fathered Achim,
Achim fathered Eliud,
¹⁵ Eliud fathered Eleazar,
Eleazar fathered Matthan,
Matthan fathered Jacob,
¹⁶ and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary,
who gave birth to^[h] Jesus who is called the Messiah.^(M)