Matthew

The Family Background of Jesus

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An account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.
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Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
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 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron of Aram.
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Aram was the father of Aminadab, and Aminadab of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
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Salmon was the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz was the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed was the father of Jesse.
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Jesse was the father of David, the king.

David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife.

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Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Then came the kings: Abijah, Asaph,
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Jehoshaphat, Joram, Uzziah,
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Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah,
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Manasseh, Amon, Josiah.
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Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

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After the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah was the father of Salathiel, and Salathiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
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Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.
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Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, and Akim the father of Eliud.
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Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar of Matthan, and Matthan of Jacob.
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 Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and from her came Jesus, who is called the Christ—the Messiah.

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There were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to Babylon to the birth of Christ.

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Here’s how Jesus Christ was born: Mary, his mother, was engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
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Then Joseph, her husband, planned to divorce her quietly. He was a just man and didn’t want to disgrace her in any way.              

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While he was pondering over this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. She has conceived by the Holy Spirit,
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 and now she will bear a son. You shall call him ‘Jesus’ for he will save his people from their sins.”

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All of this occurred to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the prophet:

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The virgin will conceive

     and give birth to a son,

     and he will be called Emmanuel,

            which means: God-with-us.

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When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord had told him and took his wife to his home.
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He had no relations with her until she bore a son, and he named him Jesus.

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