Title: Jesus Enlightened by Matthew
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1 The genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of Abraham and David
2 Abraham fathered Isaac, and Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers.
3 Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar; Perez fathered Hezron; Hezron fathered Ram.
4 Ram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begot Nashon, and Nahshon begot Salmon.
5 Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse,
6 Jesse begat King David.
David begat Solomon by Uriah's wife.
7 Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered Asa.
8 Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, Joram fathered Uzziah,
9 Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,
10 Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amon, and Amon fathered Josiah.
11 During the exile to Babylon, Josiah bore Jeconiah and his brothers.
12 After the exile in Babylon, Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel.
13 Zerubbabel fathered Abihud, Abihud fathered Eliakim, Eliakim fathered Asor.
14 Asor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, Achim fathered Eliud,
15 Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Mattan, and Mattan fathered Jacob.
16 Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, and out of Mary was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17 Then all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David to the exile to Babylon, fourteen generations, from the exile into Babylon to Christ, fourteen generations.
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