1:1 This is the ·family history [record of the ancestors; genealogy; L book of the offspring/family; C perhaps a title for the entire book] of Jesus ·Christ [the Messiah]. ·He came from the family of David, and David came from the family of Abraham [L …the son of David, the son of Abraham; C “son” can mean descendant].
1:2 Abraham ·was the father of [fathered; T begot; C and so throughout the genealogy; the word can refer to more distant ancestry] Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.
1:3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah. (Their mother was Tamar [Gen. 38].) Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram.
1:4 Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
1:5 Salmon was the father of Boaz. (Boaz’s mother was Rahab [Josh. 2].) Boaz was the father of Obed. (Obed’s mother was Ruth [Ruth 4:13–22].) Obed was the father of Jesse.
1:6 Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. (Solomon’s mother had been Uriah’s wife [C Bathsheba; 2 Sam. 11—12].)
1:7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asa.
1:8 Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Joram [C a variant spelling of Jehoram; 1 Kin. 22:50]. Joram was the ·ancestor [or father; C see v. 2] of Uzziah.
1:9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
1:10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
1:11 Josiah was the ·grandfather [or father; C see v. 2] of Jeconiah [C another name for Jehoiachin; see 2 Kin. 24:6; 1 Chr. 3:16] and his brothers. (This was at the time ·that the people were taken [L of the exile/deportation; 2 Kin. 24:8–17] to Babylon.)
1:12 After ·they were taken [the exile/deportation] to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the ·grandfather [or father; C see v. 2] of Zerubbabel [Ezra 2].
1:13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim. Eliakim was the father of Azor.
1:14 Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of ·Akim [Achim]. ·Akim [Achim] was the father of Eliud.
1:15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob.
1:16 Jacob was the father of Joseph. Joseph was the husband of Mary, and Mary ·was the mother of [gave birth to] Jesus, who is called the ·Christ [Messiah].
1:17 So there were fourteen generations [L in all] from Abraham to David. And there were fourteen generations from David until the ·people were taken [exile; deportation] to Babylon. And there were fourteen generations from the time ·when the people were taken [of the exile/deportation] to Babylon until ·Christ [the Messiah] was born.
1:18 This is how the birth of Jesus ·Christ [the Messiah] came about. His mother Mary was ·engaged [pledged; T betrothed; C a formal agreement between families that required a “divorce” to annul] to marry Joseph, but before they ·married [came to live together], she ·learned she was [or was found/discovered to be] ·pregnant [T with child] ·by the power of [through] the Holy Spirit.
1:19 Because Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a ·good [righteous] man, he did not want to disgrace her in public, so he planned to ·divorce her [end the engagement] ·secretly [privately; quietly].
1:20 While Joseph ·thought about [considered; decided; resolved to do] these things, [L look; T behold] an angel of the Lord ·came [appeared] to him in a dream. The angel said, “Joseph, ·descendant [son] of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because ·the baby [L what is conceived] in her is from the Holy Spirit.
1:21 She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins [C the name Jesus means “the Lord saves”].”
1:22 All this happened to ·bring about [fulfill] what the Lord had ·said [spoken] through the prophet:
1:23 “[L Look; T Behold] The virgin will ·be pregnant [L conceive in her womb; Is. 7:14]. She will ·have [give birth to] a son, and they will name him Immanuel,” which [C in Hebrew] means “God is with us.”
1:24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the Lord’s angel had ·told [commanded] him to do. Joseph took Mary as his wife,
1:25 but he did not have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son. And ·Joseph [L he] named him Jesus.
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