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# Chapter 1
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1 This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham:
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2 Abraham was the father of Isaac.
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Isaac was the father of Jacob.
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Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.
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3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar).
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Perez was the father of Hezron.
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Hezron was the father of Ram.
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4 Ram was the father of Amminadab.
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Amminadab was the father of Nahshon.
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Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
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5 Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose mother was Rahab).
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Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was Ruth).
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Obed was the father of Jesse.
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6 Jesse was the father of King David.
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David was the father of Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah).
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7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam.
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Rehoboam was the father of Abijah.
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Abijah was the father of Asa.
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8 Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat.
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Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram.
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Jehoram was the father of Uzziah.
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9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham.
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Jotham was the father of Ahaz.
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Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
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10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh.
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Manasseh was the father of Amon.
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Amon was the father of Josiah.
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11 Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).
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12 After the Babylonian exile:
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Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel.
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Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
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13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud.
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Abiud was the father of Eliakim.
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Eliakim was the father of Azor.
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14 Azor was the father of Zadok.
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Zadok was the father of Akim.
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Akim was the father of Eliud.
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15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar.
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Eleazar was the father of Matthan.
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Matthan was the father of Jacob.
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16 Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
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Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah.
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17 All those listed above include fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.
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18 This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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19 Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.
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20 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit.
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21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
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22 All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet:
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23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child!
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She will give birth to a son,
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and they will call him Immanuel,
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which means ‘God is with us.’”
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24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife.
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25 But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus. |