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Matthew 1
Matthew opens with the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham, in three sets of fourteen generations. Joseph learns that Mary is with child by the Holy Spirit, and an angel tells him in a dream to take her as his wife and name the child Jesus.
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- The Biblical Family TreeJesus · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
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- The Feast of TabernaclesThe last and greatest day · The Feast of TabernaclesOpen
- The Biblical Family TreeTamar · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
- The Biblical Family TreeRahab · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
- The Biblical Family TreeBathsheba · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
- The Biblical Family TreeJehoiachin · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
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- Textually stated
Jesus: Hebrew Yeshua, “Yahweh saves”: “for he shall save his people from their sins.”
- Strongly supported
Three kings left out of Matthew's list (Matthew 1:8): Matthew goes from Joram straight to Uzziah; Chronicles lists Ahaziah, Joash and Amaziah between them (Azariah is Uzziah). Both translations keep the difference. Commentators suggest Matthew shortened the list to make three sets of fourteen (1:17), or left out kings descended from Ahab through Athaliah, or copied an existing list as he found it.
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Three kings left out of Matthew's fourteens: Matthew has "Joram begat Ozias" (Ozias is Uzziah); Chronicles lists Ahaziah, Joash and Amaziah between them (Uzziah is also called Azariah). Leaving them out keeps the second set at fourteen; they were also kings remembered as especially wicked.