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| 1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. |
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| 2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob: and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren; |
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| 3 and Judah begat Perez and Zerah of Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron begat Ram; |
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| 4 and Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon; and Nahshon begat Salmon; |
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| 5 and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; |
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| 6 and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah; |
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| 7 and Solomon begat Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begat Abijah; and Abijah begat Asa; |
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| 8 and Asa begat Jehoshaphat; and Jehoshaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Uzziah; |
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| 9 and Uzziah begat Jotham; and Jotham begat Ahaz; and Ahaz begat Hezekiah; |
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| 10 and Hezekiah begat Manasseh; and Manasseh begat Amon; and Amon begat Josiah; |
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| 11 and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away to Babylon. |
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| 12 And after the carrying away to Babylon, Jechoniah begat Shealtiel; and Shealtiel begat Zerubabel; |
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| 13 and Zerubabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; |
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| 14 and Azor begat Sadok; and Sadok begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; |
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| 15 and Eliud begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; |
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| 16 and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. |
Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary – Because this uses the word "begat" it establishes beyond any doubt that this geneology is that of Joseph. In Luke Chapter 3 we have the geneology of Mary. There the phrase "the son of.." is used. We know of at least 3 ways to be "the son of" someone, i.e., by birth, by adoption and by marriage (son-in-law.) In this account it is strictly by birth. |
| 17 So all the generations from Abraham unto David are fourteen generations; and from David unto the carrying away to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon unto the Christ fourteen generations. |
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| 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. |
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| 19 And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. |
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| 20 But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. |
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| 21 And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins. |
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| 22 Now all this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, |
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| 23 Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God is with us. |
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| 24 And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife; |
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| 25 and knew her not till she had brought forth a son: and he called his name JESUS. |
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