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15 Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob. 16 Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus,[a] who is called the Messiah.[b]

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David totaled fourteen[c] generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon totaled fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah[d] there were fourteen generations.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 1:16 Lit. of whom Jesus was born
  2. Matthew 1:16 Or Christ
  3. Matthew 1:17 I.e. the numerical value of the Heb. name David
  4. Matthew 1:17 Or Christ

15 Elihud 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,(A) and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.(B)

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 Messiah.

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