Study it in the app“So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations.”
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generation
Generation: the people born around the same time, or each step from parent to child in a family.
Where else “geneai” appearsAbraham
Abraham, the father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring.
Where else “Abraam” appearsDavid
David, the king of Israel from whose line God promised a king forever (2 Samuel 7:12-16).
Where else “Dauid” appearsfourteen
Fourteen.
Where else “dekatessares” appearsdeportation
Deportation: the forced removal of the people of Judah to Babylon.
Where else “metoikesias” appearsBabylon
See it on the mapWhere else “Babylōnos” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “christou” appearsFourteen is the value of the letters of David’s name in Hebrew (D-W-D: 4 + 6 + 4); it can be understood that the count alludes to David.
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The genealogy of Jesus
The two genealogies differ in names and order; they are not the same list.
Matthew 1:1-17
1The book of the origin of Jesus the Messiah, son of David, son of Abraham. 2Abraham fathered Isaac, and Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers. 3And Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered Ram. 4And Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon. 5And Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse. 6And Jesse fathered David the king. And David fathered Solomon by the wife of Uriah. 7And Solomon fathered Rehoboam, and Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered Asaph. 8And Asaph fathered Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, and Joram fathered Uzziah. 9And Uzziah fathered Jotham, and Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah. 10And Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, and Manasseh fathered Amos, and Amos fathered Josiah. 11And Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon. 12And after the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel. 13And Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, and Abiud fathered Eliakim, and Eliakim fathered Azor. 14And Azor fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Achim, and Achim fathered Eliud. 15And Eliud fathered Eleazar, and Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob. 16And Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, the one called Messiah. 17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations.
23And Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began, being the son, as was supposed, of Joseph, son of Heli, 24son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, son of Jannai, son of Joseph, 25son of Mattathias, son of Amos, son of Nahum, son of Esli, son of Naggai, 26son of Maath, son of Mattathias, son of Semein, son of Josech, son of Joda, 27son of Joanan, son of Rhesa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri, 28son of Melchi, son of Addi, son of Cosam, son of Elmadam, son of Er, 29son of Joshua, son of Eliezer, son of Jorim, son of Matthat, son of Levi, 30son of Simeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonam, son of Eliakim, 31son of Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David, 32son of Jesse, son of Jobel, son of Boaz, son of Sala, son of Nahshon, 33son of Amminadab, son of Admin, son of Arni, son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah, 34son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor, 35son of Serug, son of Reu, son of Peleg, son of Eber, son of Shelah, 36son of Cainan, son of Arpachshad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech, 37son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalalel, son of Kenan, 38son of Enosh, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God.
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
16And Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, the one called Messiah.
17 · This verse (above)
18Now the origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this: when his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, before they came together she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
1. What it says
Besides Mary, which women are named in the list of Jesus' ancestors (vv. 3–6)?
2. What it means
Why does Matthew open his book with a long list that ends with “the Messiah” (vv. 1, 17)?
3. How I live it
Being a righteous man, Joseph did not want to expose Mary publicly (v. 19). How can you treat someone with care when news hurts you?
