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The genealogical list

The Genealogy of Jesus:

Matthew 1:                 

1
A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:
2 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,
5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
6 and Jesse the father of KingDavid.
David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,
7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,
8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
9 Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,
11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12
After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor,
14 Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud,
15 Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17
Thus 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 Christ.

Luke 3:

23 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph,
the son of Heli,
24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
28 the son of Melki, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan,
38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.elated to the individuals are linked to the names.

Notations               

* The six patriarchs who were promised that Messiah would be their seed.
(Abraham-Isaac-Jacob-Judah-David-Zerubbabel)

@ The four women mentioned by Matthew (Tamar-Rahab-Ruth-Bathsheba)

Italicised Scripture references to the side of descendants represent genealogical passages that underpin the lineage that normally follows

Matthew 1:1-17 Descendants common Luke 3:23-38

Adam

    Seth  (Genesis 4:25-5:5)
                 Enos (Genesis 5:6-32)
Cainan
Mahalaleel
Jared
Enoch
Methuselah
Lamech
Noah 
  Shem (Gen 5:32,10:1)
Arphazad (Gen 11:10-26)
Cainan
Shelah
Eber
Peleg
Reu
Serug
Nahor
Terah

The first 14 - The rise
of the Kingdom

Abraham - David

Abraham  (Abram) (Gen 11:27-32) *
  Issac  (I Chr 1:28) *
  Jacob (Israel) (I Chr 1:34) *
  Judah  (I Chr 2:1) *
  Perez  (by Tamar - Gen 38:12-30, I Chr 2:4)


Ram (I Chr 2:9-10)
Hezron (Ruth 4:18-19, I Chr 2:5)






Arni
Ado,

   Amminadab (I Chr 2:9-11, Ruth 4:20-22)
Nahshon
Salmon
(Luke - 'Sala', I Chr 2:11 - 'Salma')
Boaz(by Rahab the harlot)
 
  Obed  (by Ruth the Moabitess) (I Chr 2:12, Ruth esp 4:13-17) @
  Jesse  (I Chr 2:12)
  David  (the second king of Israel) *
(I Chr 2:13-15, Ruth 4:22, I Sam 17:12)

The second 14 - The
fall of the kingdom

David - Jeconiah

Solomon (by Bathsheba, the wife
of Uriah - I Chr 3:5) @
Nathan (by Bathsheba -
I Chr 3:5)
Rehoboam
(The Divided Kingdom
 -
(I Chr 3:10-14)
Abijah
Asa
Jehoshaphat
Joram
Ahaziah
Joash
Amaziah
Azariah
Jotham
Ahaz
Hezekiah
Manasseh
Amon
Josiah
Jehoiakim
(I Chr 3:15)
Jeconigh (Jehoiachin) into exile
Mattatha
Menna
Melea
Eliakim
Jonam
Joseph
Judah
Simeon
Levi
Matthat
Jorim
Eliezer
Joshua
Er
Elmadam
Cosam
Addi
Melchi
Neri
  
The third 14 - The establishing
of the eternal kingdom

Jeconiah - Jesus




Shealtiel
(Greek - Salathiel)
Heir of David's throne
through Jeconiah
(by adoption).
Son of David through Neri
(by natural descent).
(I Chr 3:17)

Zeribbabel  (Ezra 3:2) *

Eliakim
Azor
Zadok
Achim
Eliud
Eleazar
Matthan
Jocob 
Joseph

'...the husband of
Mary, of whom Jesus was
born, who is called
Christ'

Jesus

Joanan
Joda
Josech
Semein
Mattathias
Meath
Naggai
Esli
Nahum
Amos
Mattathias
Jannai
Melchi
Levi
Matthat
 
(father-in-law of...)
Joseph
'Jesus...being the son
(as was supposed) of
Joseph, the son of Heli...'

Jesus

                                                             

                                                   

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