The King's genealogy
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📚✭The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 📚Abraham begot Isaac; and Isaac✭ begot Jacob; and Jacob✭ begot Judah and his brothers✭; 3 📚And Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar✭; and Perez begot Hezron; and Hezron begot Ram✭; 4 📚And Ram begot Amminadab; and Amminadab begot Nahshon; and Nahshon begot Salmon; 5 📚And Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab✭; and Boaz begot Obed by Ruth✭; and Obed begot Jesse6 📚And Jesse begot David the king; and David✭ the king begot Solomon✭ by her who had been the wife✭ of Uriah; 7 📚And Solomon begot Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begot Abijah; and Abijah begot Asa; 8 📚And Asa begot Jehoshaphat; and Jehoshaphat begot Joram; and Joram begot Uzziah✭; 9 📚And Uzziah begot Jotham; and Jotham begot Ahaz; and Ahaz begot Hezekiah; 10 📚And Hezekiah begot Manasseh; and Manasseh begot Amon; and Amon begot Josiah; 11 📚✭And Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time the Jews were carried away to Babylon✭.
12 📚And after the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel; and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel; 13 And Zerubbabel begot Abiud; and Abiud begot Eliakim; and Eliakim begot Azor; 14 And Azor begot Zadok; and Zadok begot Akim; and Akim begot Eliud; 15 And Eliud begot Eleazar; and Eleazar begot Matthan; and Matthan begot Jacob; 16 📚✭And Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17 📚So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the exile to Babylon✭ are fourteen generations; and from the exile in Babylon to Christ are fourteen generations.
The King is born of a virgin
18 📚Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After his mother Mary was betrothed✭ to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit✭. 19 📚Then Joseph her husband, being a righteous✭ man and unwilling to make her a public example, intended to release her from her vows, secretly.
20 📚✭But while he was thinking about these things, suddenly✭ the angel of the Lord✭ appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for what is conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit. 21 📚And she will give birth to a son, and you shall call his name JESUS✭, for he will save his people from their sins”.
22 📚✭Now all this took place so there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
23 📚See, the virgin will be with child,
and will give birth to a son,
and they will call his name Emmanuel✭,
which is, being translated,
“God with us”.