kjv@Matthew:1:1@ The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
kjv@Matthew:1:2@ Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
kjv@Matthew:1:3@ And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
kjv@Matthew:1:4@ And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
kjv@Matthew:1:5@ And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
kjv@Matthew:1:6@ And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
kjv@Matthew:1:7@ And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
kjv@Matthew:1:8@ And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
kjv@Matthew:1:9@ And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
kjv@Matthew:1:10@ And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
kjv@Matthew:1:11@ And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
kjv@Matthew:1:12@ And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
kjv@Matthew:1:13@ And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
kjv@Matthew:1:14@ And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
kjv@Matthew:1:15@ And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
kjv@Matthew:1:16@ And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
kjv@Matthew:1:17@ So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
The bloodline of Jesus is of course important to scholars in confirming the qualifications of Jesus determined by existing prophecy. In the gospels we have two bloodlines written in case we were to misinterpret or loose the one. Both are valid to authenticate Jesus, Mary's perhaps slightly more as it is actual blood Jesus would have.
The human ancestry of Jesus is not as dry a reading as one might expect. It flies by in 16 quick verses, but, the personal histories of these individual lives cover an amazing 42 generations. You can imagine someone someday reading over your descendent's genealogy and skipping over your name as dry and inconsequential. What is important here is the lives, the lifetimes, passions and interests and occurrences, successes and set backs, wishes and desires, health and sickness, riches and poverty, sin and righteousness, freedom and captivity. Much like our lives, these people had the hope that despite everything that this life or at least the lives of our offspring was leading to something good. In these peoples case it lead from a promise to a patriarch to a fulfillment of that promise the living Messiah.
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