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• This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham:

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• Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

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• Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

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• Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,
  

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• Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,

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• and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,

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• Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,
  

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• Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah,

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• Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
  

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• Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,
  

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• and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
  

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• After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
  

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• Zerubbabel the father of Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor,
  

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• Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Elihud,
  

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• Elihud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,

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• and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.

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• Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.