Matthew 1

New American Standard Bible

The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

1 The ^[a]record of the genealogy of ^[b]Jesus the ^[c]Messiah, ^(A)the son of David, ^(B)the son of Abraham:

²Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered ^[d]Judah and his brothers. ³Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, ^(C)Perez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered ^[e]Ram. ⁴Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon. ⁵Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse. ⁶Jesse fathered David the king.

David ^(D)fathered Solomon by ^[f]her who had been the wife of Uriah. ⁷Solomon ^(E)fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered ^[g]Asa. ⁸Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered ^[h]Joram, and Joram fathered Uzziah. ⁹Uzziah fathered ^[i]Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah. ¹⁰Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered ^[j]Amon, and Amon ^(F)fathered Josiah. ¹¹Josiah fathered ^[k]Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the ^(G)deportation to Babylon.

¹²After the ^(H)deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah fathered ^[l]Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel. ¹³Zerubbabel fathered ^[m]Abihud, Abihud fathered Eliakim, and Eliakim fathered Azor. ¹⁴Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, and Achim fathered Eliud. ¹⁵Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob. ¹⁶Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, ^(I)who is called the ^[n]Messiah.

¹⁷So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the ^(J)deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the ^(K)deportation to Babylon to the ^[o]Messiah, fourteen generations.

Conception and Birth of Jesus

¹⁸Now the birth of Jesus the ^[p]Messiah was as follows: when His ^(L)mother Mary had been ^[q]betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was ^(M)found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹And her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her, planned to ^[r]^(N)send her away secretly. ²⁰But when he had thought this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “^(O)Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for ^[s]the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. ²¹She will give birth to a Son; and ^(P)you shall name Him Jesus, for ^[t]He ^(Q)will save His people from their sins.” ²²Now all this ^[u]took place so that what was ^(R)spoken by the Lord through ^[v]the prophet would be fulfilled: ²³“^(S)Behold, the virgin will ^[w]^(T)conceive and give birth to a Son, and they shall name Him ^[x]Immanuel,” which translated means, “^(U)God with us.” ²⁴And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, ²⁵^[y]but kept her a virgin until she ^(V)gave birth to a Son; and ^(W)he named Him Jesus.

Footnotes

Matthew 1:1 Lit book
Matthew 1:1 In Heb Yeshua (Joshua), meaning The Lord is salvation
Matthew 1:1 From Gr Christos, which means Messiah (Heb for Anointed One)
Matthew 1:2 Gr Judas; a name of a person in the Old Testament is given in its Old Testament form
Matthew 1:3 Gr Aram
Matthew 1:6 I.e., Bathsheba
Matthew 1:7 Gr Asaph
Matthew 1:8 Also Gr for Jehoram in 2 Kin 8:16; cf. 1 Chr 3:11
Matthew 1:9 Gr Joatham
Matthew 1:10 Gr Amos
Matthew 1:11 Jehoiachin in 2 Kin 24:15
Matthew 1:12 Gr Salathiel
Matthew 1:13 Gr Abioud, usually spelled Abiud
Matthew 1:16 From Gr Christos, which means Messiah (Heb for Anointed One)
Matthew 1:17 See note v 16
Matthew 1:18 See note v 16
Matthew 1:18 Unlike engagement, a betrothed couple was considered married, but did not yet live together
Matthew 1:19 Or divorce her
Matthew 1:20 Lit that which
Matthew 1:21 Lit He Himself
Matthew 1:22 Lit has happened
Matthew 1:22 I.e., Isaiah
Matthew 1:23 Or be pregnant
Matthew 1:23 Gr Emmanuel
Matthew 1:25 Lit and did not know her intimately