11 Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse,^(A)
and a branch^(B) from his roots will bear fruit.

^2 [a]Bethlehem Ephrathah,^(A)
you are small among the clans of Judah;
One will come from you^(B)
to be ruler over Israel for Me.^(C)
His origin^[b] is from antiquity,^(D)
from eternity.^[c]

³ Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar,
Perez fathered Hezron,
Hezron fathered Aram,^(A)

³³ son of Amminadab,
son of Ram,^[a] son of Hezron,
son of Perez, son of Judah,