1The book of the genesis of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.2Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers.3Jude fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered Aram.4Aram but begot Aminadab, Aminadab but begot Nahshon, Nahshon but begot Salmon,5Salmon, however, begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse,6Jesse, however, begot David the king, but David begot Solomon from the wife of Uriah.7Solomon but begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam but begot Abijah, Abijah but begot Asaph,8Asaph fathered Joram, and Joram fathered Uzziah.9Uzziah fathered Jotham; Jotham fathered Ahaz; Ahaz fathered Hezekiah.10Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amos, Amos begot Josiah,11Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers at the exile of Babylon.12After the Babylonian exile, Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel.13Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, Eliakim begot Azor,14Azor but begot Sadok, Sadok but begot Achim, Achim but begot Eliud,15Eliud begot Eleazar; Eleazar begot Matthan; Matthan begot Jacob;16Jacob but begot Joseph the husband of Mary, from whom Jesus was begotten, who is called Christ.17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David to the exile to Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the exile to Babylon to the Christ are fourteen generations.