3. Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar,Perez fathered Hezron,Hezron fathered Aram,
4. Aram fathered Amminadab,Amminadab fathered Nahshon,Nahshon fathered Salmon,
5. Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab,Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth,Obed fathered Jesse,
6. and Jesse fathered King David.Then David fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
7. Solomon fathered Rehoboam,Rehoboam fathered Abijah,Abijah fathered Asa,
8. Asa fathered Jehoshaphat,Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, Joram fathered Uzziah,
9. Uzziah fathered Jotham,Jotham fathered Ahaz,Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,
10. Hezekiah fathered Manasseh,Manasseh fathered Amon, Amon fathered Josiah,
11. and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothersat the time of the exile to Babylon.
12. Then after the exile to BabylonJechoniah fathered Shealtiel,Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,
13. Zerubbabel fathered Abiud,Abiud fathered Eliakim,Eliakim fathered Azor,
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 Jesus who is called the Messiah.
17. So all the generations from Abraham to David were 14 generations; and from David until the exile to Babylon, 14 generations; and from the exile to Babylon until the Messiah, 14 generations.
18. The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After His mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
19. So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.
20. But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit.
21. She will give birth to a son, and you are to name Him Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”