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The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah
1
This is the genealogy
[a]
of Jesus the Messiah
[b]
the son of David, the son of Abraham:
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Matthew 1:1 in Other Translations
KJV
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The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
ESV
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The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
NLT
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This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham :
MSG
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The family tree of Jesus Christ, David's son, Abraham's son:
CSB
1
The historical record of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:
Matthew 1:1 In-Context
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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,
3
Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,
4
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,
Cross References
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1.
2 Samuel 7:12-16
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Isaiah 9:6,7
;
Isaiah 11:1
;
Jeremiah 23:5,6
; S
Matthew 9:27
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Luke 1:32,69
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Romans 1:3
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Revelation 22:16
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Genesis 22:18
; S
Galatians 3:16
Footnotes
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[a].
Or "is an account of the origin"
[b].
Or "Jesus Christ" . "Messiah" (Hebrew) and "Christ" (Greek) both mean "Anointed One" ; also in verse 18.
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