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| 1 A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, 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 Pharez and Zarah of Tamar, and Pharez 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 the king begat Solomon, of her [who had been] Uriah's, |
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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 Jeconiah and his brethren, at the Babylonian removal. |
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| 12 And after the Babylonian removal, Jeconiah begat Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel, |
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| 13 and Zerubbabel 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 Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob, |
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| 16 and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named 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 All the generations, therefore, from Abraham unto David [are] fourteen generations, and from David unto the Babylonian removal fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian removal unto the Christ, fourteen generations. |
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| 18 And of Jesus Christ, the birth was thus: For his mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before their coming together she was found to have conceived from the Holy Spirit, |
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| 19 and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away. |
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| 20 And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten [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 he shall save his people from their sins.' |
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| 22 And all this hath come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, |
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| 23 'Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted 'With us [he is] God.' |
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| 24 And Joseph, having risen from the sleep, did as the messenger of the Lord directed him, and received his wife, |
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| 25 and did not know her till she brought forth her son the first-born, and he called his name Jesus. |
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