And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,

And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

Now Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third.

And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.

And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,

And of Hushim he begat Ahitub, and Elpaal.

Gedor, Ahio and Zecher. And Mikloth begat Shimeah.

And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.

And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.

And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,

And Moza begat Bineah: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:

Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah and Mikloth. And Mikloth begat Shimeam.

And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah.

And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;

And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.

And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.)

But Abijah became mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.

Is there a father to the rain? or who begat the reservoirs of the dew?

I will recount for a law of Jehovah: He said to me, Thou my son; this day I begat thee.

Hearken unto your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old.

And thou saidst in thy heart, Who begat these to me, and I being bereaved and barren, an exile, and departing? and who caused these to grow? Behold, I was left alone; they, where were they?

For thus saith Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land:

And he begat a rapacious son, pouring out blood and doing the likeness of one of these.

And behold, he begat a son, and he will see all his father's sins which he did, and he will see and will not do like them;

And ye shall cause it to fall in inheritance to you, and to the strangers sojourning in the midst of you, who begat sons in the midst of you: and they were to you as the nation among the sons of Israel with you they shall fall in the inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel.

And after the course of years they shall join affinity; and the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make equitable conditions: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; and she shall be given up, she and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in those times.

Against Jehovah they acted faithlessly: for they begat strange sons: now shall the new moon consume them with their portions.

And it shall come to pass, if any shall yet prophesy, that his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of Jehovah; and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Juda and his brethren;

and Juda begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram,

and Aram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Naasson, and Naasson begat Salmon,

and Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse,

and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon, of her that had been the wife of Urias;

and Solomon begat Roboam, and Roboam begat Abia, and Abia begat Asa,

and Asa begat Josaphat, and Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Ozias,

and Ozias begat Joatham, and Joatham begat Achaz, and Achaz begat Ezekias,

and Ezekias begat Manasses, and Manasses begat Amon, and Amon begat Josias,

and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away of Babylon.

And after the carrying away of Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabel,

and Zorobabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor,

and Azor begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud,

and Eliud begat Eliazar, and Eliazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob,

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

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

God hath now fulfilled unto us their children, in that he raised up Jesus again, even as it is written in the second psalm, 'Thou art my son, this same day begat I thee.'

For, though myriads of tutors ye should have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for, in Christ Jesus, through means of the joyful message, I, begat you.

I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I begat in my bonds,

For unto which of the angels said he at any time, "Thou art my son, this day begat I thee?" And again, "I will be his father, and he shall be my son."

Even so, likewise, Christ glorified not himself, to be made the high priest: but he that said unto him. "Thou art my son, this day begat I thee."

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.