# Matthew 1

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/matthew/1

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. The book of the ancestry of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.
2. Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers.
3. Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, and Hezron fathered Ram.
4. Aram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon.
5. Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse.
6. Jesse fathered David the king, and David fathered Solomon by Uriah's wife.
7. Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered Asa.
8. Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, and Joram fathered Uzziah.
9. and Ozias fathered Joatham, Joatham fathered Achaz, and Achaz fathered Ezekias.
10. Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amon, and Amon fathered Josiah.
11. and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12. After the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel, and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel.
13. Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, and Abiud fathered Eliakim, and Eliakim fathered Azor.
14. Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, and Achim fathered Eliud.
15. And Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, and Matthan fathered Jacob.
16. and Jacob fathered Joseph, Mary's husband, from whom Jesus called Christ was born.
17. So all the generations from Abraham to David number fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon to Christ, fourteen generations.
18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they united, she was found pregnant from the Holy Spirit.
19. Joseph, her husband, being righteous and unwilling to expose her publicly, intended to divorce her secretly.
20. But when he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for that which has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.”
21. She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
22. Now all this has come to pass, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,
23. Behold, the virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call his name Emmanuel, which means God with us.
24. Joseph awoke from sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife.
25. And he did not know her until she bore a son, and he named him Jesus.

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[Malachi 4](https://www.lumin.faith/read/malachi/4.md)
[Matthew 2](https://www.lumin.faith/read/matthew/2.md)

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