Abraham begot Isaac, and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers,

and Judah begot Perez and Zerah from Tamar, and Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram,

and Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon,

and Salmon begot Boaz from Rahab, and Boaz begot Obed from Ruth, and Obed begot Jesse,

and Jesse begot David the king. And David begot Solomon from the widow of Uriah,

and Solomon begot Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa,

and Asa begot Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah,

and Uzziah begot Jotham, and Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah,

and Hezekiah begot Manasseh, and Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah,

and Josiah begot Jechoniah and his brothers during the Babylonian exile.

And after the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel,

and Zerubbabel begot Abiud, and Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor,

and Azor begot Zadoc, and Zadoc begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud,

and Eliud begot Eleazar, and Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob,

and Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. And Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

And Moses fled at this word, and became an alien in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons.

For though ye have countless instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the good-news.

I beseech thee for my child Onesimus, whom I begot in my bonds.

Having deliberated, he begot us by the word of truth for us to be a certain first fruit of his creatures.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who begot us again according to his abundant mercy for a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Every man who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten from God, and every man who loves him who begot, also loves him who has been begotten from him.