Matthew
1:2-17 NIV
2Abraham
was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and
his brothers,
3Judah
the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,
Perez the father of Hezron,
Hezron the father of Ram,
4Ram the
father of Amminadab,
Amminadab the father of
Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5Salmon
the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose
mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,
6and
Jesse the father of King David.
David was the father of
Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,
7Solomon
the father of Rehoboam,
Rehoboam the father of Abijah,
Abijah the father of Asa,
8Asa the
father of Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat the father of
Jehoram,
Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
9Uzziah
the father of Jotham,
Jotham the father of Ahaz,
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
10Hezekiah
the father of Manasseh,
Manasseh the father of Amon,
Amon the father of Josiah,
12After
the exile to Babylon:
Jeconiah was the father of
Shealtiel,
Shealtiel the father of
Zerubbabel,
13Zerubbabel
the father of Abihud,
Abihud the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim the father of Azor,
14Azor
the father of Zadok,
Zadok the father of Akim,
Akim the father of Elihud,
15Elihud
the father of Eleazar,
Eleazar the father of Matthan,
Matthan the father of Jacob,
16and
Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.
17Thus
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.
Genealogy of
Christ. ( = Lu 3:23-38)
Concerning this
genealogy of our Savior, observe the chief intention.
It is not a needless
genealogy. It is not a vain-glorious one, as those of great men often are. It
proves that our Lord Jesus is of the nation and family out of which the Messiah
was to come. The promise of the blessing was made to Abraham and his seed; of
the dominion, to David and his seed.
It was promised to
Abraham that Christ should descend from him, Genesis 12:3; 22:18; and to David
that he should descend from him, 2 Samuel 7:12; Psalm 89:3, Psalm 132:11; and,
therefore, unless Jesus is a son of David, and a son of Abraham, He is not the
Messiah.
Now this is here
proved from well-known records. When the Son of God was pleased to take our
nature, He came near to us, in our fallen, wretched condition; but He was
perfectly free from sin: and while we read the names in His genealogy, we
should not forget how low the Lord of Glory came down to save the human race.