THE ANCESTRY OF JESUS

 Roll of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham: Abraham fathered Isaac. (Genesis 21:3) Isaac fathered Jacob. (Genesis 25:26) Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers. (Genesis 29:35) Judah fathered Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. (Genesis 38; 1 Chronicles 2:4-9) Perez fathered Hezron. (Ruth 4:18) Hezron fathered Ram. (Ruth 4:19) Ram fathered Amminadab. (Ruth 4:19; 1 Chronicles 2:10) Amminadab fathered Nahshon. (Ruth 4:20; 1 Chronicles 2:10) Nahshon fathered Salmon. (Ruth 4:20; 1 Chronicles 2:11) Salmon fathered Boaz, (Ruth 4:21; 1 Chronicles 2:11) whose mother was Rahab. Boaz fathered Obed, (Ruth 4:21; 1 Chronicles 2:12) whose mother was Ruth. Obed fathered Jesse. (Ruth 4:22; 1 Chronicles 2:12) In addition, Jesse fathered King David. (Ruth 4:22;) (1 Chronicles 2:13-15) David fathered Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife. (2 Samuel 11:26; 12:24) Solomon fathered Rehoboam. (1 Chronicles 3:10) Rehoboam fathered Abijah. (1 Chronicles 3:10) Abijah fathered Asa. (1 Chronicles 3:10) Asa fathered Jehoshaphat. (1 Chronicles 3:10) Jehoshaphat fathered Joram. (1 Chronicles 3:10-11) Joram fathered Uzziah. Uzziah fathered Jotham. Jotham fathered Ahaz. (1 Chronicles 3:12-13) Ahaz fathered Hezekiah. (1 Chronicles 3:13) Hezekiah fathered Manasseh. (1 Chronicles 3:13) Manasseh fathered Amon. (1 Chronicles 3:13-14) Amon fathered Josiah. (1 Chronicles 3:14) In addition, Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers. Then the deportation to Babylon took place. After the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel. (1 Chronicles 3:17) Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel. (Ezra 3:2) Zerubbabel fathered Abiud. Abiud fathered Eliakim. Eliakim fathered Azor. Azor fathered Zadok. Zadok fathered Achim. Achim fathered Eliud. Eliud fathered Eleazar. Eleazar fathered Matthan. Matthan fathered Jacob. In addition, Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. Thus, the sum of generations is therefore: Fourteen from Abraham to David; Fourteen from David to the Babylonian deportation; In addition, fourteen from the Babylonian deportation to Christ. Return