Matthew 1

CHAPTER 1

1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

2Abraham begat Isaac. Isaac begat Jacob. Jacob begat Judah and his brethren.

3Judah begat Perez and Zara, of Thamar. Perez begat Esrom. Esrom begat Aram.

4Aram begat Amminadab. Ammin-adab begat Naasson. Naasson begat Salmon.

5Salmon begat Boaz, of Rachab. Boaz begat Obed, of Ruth. Obed begat Jesse.

6Jesse begat David the king. David the king begat Solomon, of her that was Uriah’s wife.

7Solomon begat Rehoboam. Reho-boam begat Abia. Abia begat Asa.

8Asa begat Jehoshaphat. Jehosha-phat begat Joram. Joram begat Uzziah.

9Uzziah begat Joatham. Joatham begat Ahaz. Ahaz begat Hezekiah.

10Hezekiah begat Manasseh. Manas-seh begat Amon. Amon begat Josiah.

11Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brethren, into the transmigration of Babylon.

12And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechoniah begat Salathiel. Salathiel begat Zerubbabel.

13Zerubbabel begat Abiud. Abiud begat Eliakim. Eliakim begat Azor.

14Azor begat Zadok. Zadok begat Achim. Achim begat Elihud.

15Elihud begat Eleazar. Eleazar begat Matthan. Matthan begat Jacob.

16Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, that is called Christ.

17And so all the generations from Abraham to David be fourteen generations, and from David to the transmigration of Babylon be fourteen generations, and from the trans-migration of Babylon to Christ be fourteen generations.

18But the generation of Christ was thus. When Mary, the mother of Jesus, was espoused to Joseph, before that they came together, she was found having of the Holy Ghost in the womb.

19And Joseph, her husband, for he was rightful [or a just man], and would not publish her, he would privily have left her.

20But while he thought these things, lo! the angel of the Lord appeared to him in sleep, and said, Joseph, the son of David, do not thou dread to take Mary, thy wife; for that thing that is born in her is of the Holy Ghost.

21And she shall bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall make his people safe from their sins.

22For all this thing was done, that it should be fulfilled, that was said of the Lord by a prophet, saying,

23Lo! a virgin shall have in [the] womb, and she shall bear a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, that is to say, God with us.

24And Joseph rose [up] from sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary, his wife;

25and he knew her not, till she had born her first begotten son, and he called his name Jesus.

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Matthew 1

The family line of Jesus

1A long time ago, God promised to send somebody to save us. Jesus is that person. These names are the fathers and grand-fathers of Jesus, that lived a long time before he was born. This list shows that Jesus was from the family of David. David was the big boss over the Israel people. It also shows that David was from the family of Abraham.

2This list starts with Abraham, a really long time ago. He was the father of Isaac.

Isaac was the father of Jacob.

Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.

3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah. Their mother’s name was Tamar.

Perez was the father of Hezron.

Hezron was the father of Ram.

4Ram was the father of Amminadab.

Amminadab was the father of Nahshon.

Nahshon was the father of Salmon.

5Salmon was the father of Boaz. His mother’s name was Rahab.

Boaz was the father of Obed. His mother’s name was Ruth.

Obed was the father of Jesse.

6Jesse was the father of David. He was the big boss over all that mob, the Israel nation.

So in that family there were 14 fathers from Abraham to David.

David was the father of Solomon. At first Solomon’s mother was the wife of another man called Uriah.

7Solomon was the father of Riaboam.

Riaboam was the father of Abijah.

Abijah was the father of Asa.

8Asa was the father of Jehoshafat.

Jehoshafat was the father of Jehoram.

Jehoram was the father of Uzziah.

9Uzziah was the father of Jotham.

Jotham was the father of Ahaz.

Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.

10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh.

Manasseh was the father of Amon.

Amon was the father of Josiah.

11Josiah was the father of Jeconiah and his brothers. At that time, the soldiers from Babylon came and fought the Jewish people. The Babylon mob won, and they took the Jewish people as prisoners to their country.#2 Kings 24:14-15; 2 Chronicles 36:10; Jeremiah 27:20

So in that family there were 14 fathers from David until the time they all had to go to Babylon.

12Jeconiah was the father of Shiyaltiel.

Shiyaltiel was the father of Zerubbabel.

13Zerubbabel was the father of Abihud.

Abihud was the father of Eliakim.

Eliakim was the father of Azor.

14Azor was the father of Zadok.

Zadok was the father of Akim.

Akim was the father of Eliud.

15Eliud was the father of Eleazar.

Eleazar was the father of Matthan.

Matthan was the father of Jacob.

16Jacob was the father of Joseph. Joseph was the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus. Jesus is the Christ, the man that God promised to send to save us.

17So in that family there were 14 fathers from Abraham to David, and there were 14 fathers from David until the time they all had to go to Babylon, and there were 14 fathers from that Babylon time until the time God sent Jesus to the world.

Joseph had a dream

18This is the story about how Jesus was born. He is the man that God talked about a long time ago. God promised to send him to us.#Luke 1:27

Mary was promised to a man called Joseph, but they hadn’t slept together yet, like married people do. Then the Holy Spirit made a baby grow inside Mary. 19Joseph found out that Mary was going to have a baby, and he was not happy. He knew that the baby wasn’t his, so he wanted to leave Mary. But he was a good man, and he didn’t want to shame her. So he thought, “I will just leave her quietly, without any argument.”

20While Joseph thought about that, he went to sleep and had a dream. He saw an angel messenger from God. The angel said, “Joseph, you are from the family of David. Look, you can go ahead and marry Mary. Don’t be too frightened to do that. You see, her baby is from the Holy Spirit, not from another man. 21She will have a baby boy, and you will name him Jesus. (That name Jesus means God saves.) You see, he will save his people, so that God will not punish them for the bad things they do.”#Luke 1:31

22That all happened just like God told one of his men to write in God’s book, a long time ago. He wrote,

23“There will be a young woman that has never slept with a man, like a woman does with her husband, but she will have a baby boy.

That boy will have a special name, Immanuel. That name means God is with us.”#Isaiah 7:14; 8:8, 10

24Joseph woke up and did what God’s angel told him to do. He married Mary. 25But he did not sleep with her, like a man does with his wife, until after her son was born. And he named the baby Jesus.#Luke 2:21

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