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This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham:
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Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was 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. Hezron was the father of Ram.
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Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father 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 King David. David was the father of Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah).
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Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asa.
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Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was the father of Uzziah.
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Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
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Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
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Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).
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After the Babylonian exile: Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
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Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim. Eliakim was the father of Azor.
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Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim. Akim was the father of Eliud.
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Eliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob.
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Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah.
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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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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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Joseph, her fiance, was a good man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.
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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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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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All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord's message through his prophet:
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"Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means 'God is with us.'"
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When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife.
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But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus.