The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

1 The (a)record of the genealogy of (b)Jesus (c)the Messiah, (A)the son of David, (B)the son of Abraham:
2 Abraham (d)was the father of Isaac, (e)Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of (f)Judah and his brothers. 3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, (C)Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of (g)Ram. 4 Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon. 5 Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse. 6 Jesse was the father of David the king.David (D)was the father of Solomon by (h)Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah.

Footnotes:

a. Matthew 1:1: ['Lit ', book]
b. Matthew 1:1: ['Heb ', Yeshua, ' (', Joshua, '), meaning ', The Lord saves]
c. Matthew 1:1: ['Gr ', Christos, ' (', Christ, '), Gr for ', Messiah, ', which means ', Anointed One]
d. Matthew 1:2: ['Lit ', fathered, ', and throughout the genealogy']
e. Matthew 1:2: ['Lit ', and, '..., and throughout the genealogy']
f. Matthew 1:2: ['Gr ', Judas, '; names of people in the Old Testament are given in their Old Testament form']
g. Matthew 1:3: ['Gr ', Aram]
h. Matthew 1:6: ['Lit ', her of Uriah]

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