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* The book of the generation of Jesus Christ , the son of David , the son of Abraham . * Abraham was the father of Isaac ; Isaac was the father of Jacob ; Jacob , of Judah and his brethren ; * Judah (by Tamar ), of Perez and Zerah ; Perez , of Hezron ; Hezron , of Ram ; * Ram , of Amminadab ; Amminadab , of Nahshon ; Nahshon , of Salmon ; * Salmon (by Rahab ), of Boaz ; Boaz (by Ruth ), of Obed ; Obed , of Jesse ; * And Jesse , of David the king . David (by Uriahs widow ), was the father of Solomon ; * Solomon , of Rehoboam ; Rehoboam , of Abijah ; Abijah , of Asa ; * Asa , of Jehoshaphat ; Jehoshaphat , of Joram ; Joram , of Uzziah ; * Uzziah , of Jotham ; Jotham , of Ahaz ; Ahaz , of Hezekiah ; * Hezekiah , of Manasseh ; Manasseh , of Amon ; Amon , of Josiah ; * Josiah , of Jechoniah and his brethren , at the time of the carrying away to Babylon . * And after the carrying away into Babylon , Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel ; Shealtiel , of Zerubbabel ; * Zerubbabel , of Abiud ; Abiud , of Eliakim ; Eliakim , of Azor ; * Azor , of Sadoc ; Sadoc , of Achim ; Achim , of Eliud ; * Eliud , of Eleazar ; Eleazar , of Matthan ; Matthan , of Jacob ; * And Jacob , of Joseph , the husband of Mary , of whom was born Jesus , who is called Christ . * So the whole number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen ; from David to the exile to Babylon is fourteen ; and from the exile to Babylon to Christ is fourteen . * The birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way . After his mother , Mary , had been betrothed to Joseph , before they came together , she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit . * But Joseph her husband , because he was just a man and unwilling to disgrace her , was minded to put her away secretly . * And while he was having this in mind , behold ! an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream , saying . * "Joseph , son of David , do not be afraid to take Mary your wife home , for what is begotten in her is by the Holy Spirit ; and she will bear a son , and you are to call him Jesus , for he will save his people from their sins ." * All this happened that the word of the Lord spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled . * Behold ! the virgin shall be with child , and shall bear a son ; and they shall call his name Immanuel , a word which means "God with us ." * Now when Joseph awoke from his sleep he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him , and took his wife home , * but did not live with her until after the birth of her son , whom he called Jesus .

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