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Chapter 7

Part III. The Two Genealogies in Matthew and Luke

§ 3. Apparently Joseph's Genealogy in Matthew and Mary's in LUKEa

Matt. 1:1-17. (Cf. 1 Chron. 1:34;
2:1-25; 3:1-19.) Luke 3:23-38. (Cf. 1 Chron. 1:1-4,
24-28; 2:1-15; 3:17; Ruth 4:18-22.)

1 The book of the generation
of Jesus Christ, the son of David,
the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac
begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah
and his brethren; 3 and Judah begat
Perez and Zerah of Tamar; and
Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron
begat Ram; 4 and Ram begat
Amminadab; and Amminadab
begat Nahshon; and Nahshon
begat Salmon; 5 and Salmon begat
Boaz of Rahab; and Boaz begat
Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat
Jesse; 6 and Jesse begat David the
king.
And David begat Solomon of
her that had been the wife of Uriah;
7 and Solomon begat Rehoboam;
and Rehoboam begat Abijah;
and Abijah begat Asa; 8 and Asa
begat Jehoshaphat; and Jehosh-
aphat begat Joram; and Joram
begat Uzziah; 9 and Uzziah begat
Jotham; and Jotham begat Ahaz;
and Ahaz begat Hezekiah; 10 and
Hezekiah begat Manasseh; and
Manasseh begat Amon; and
Amon begat Josiah; 11 and Josiah
begat Jechoniah and his brethren,
at the time of the carrying away
to Bablyon.
12 And after the carrying away
to Babylon, Jechoniah begat
Shealtiel; and Shealtiel begat
Zerubbabel; 13 and Zerubbabel
begat Abiud; and Abiud begat
Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
14 and Azor begat Sadoc; and
Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim
begat Eliud; 15 and Eliud begat
Eleazar; and Eleazar begat
Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
16 and Jacob begat Joseph the
husband of Mary, of whom was
bornb Jesus, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from
Abraham unto David are fourteen
generations; and from David unto
the carrying away to Babylon
fourteen generations; and from the
carrying away to Babylon unto the
Christ fourteen generations.c Being the son (as was supposed)
of Joseph, the son of Heli, 24 the
son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
the son of Melchi, the son
of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
25 the son of Mattathias, the
son of Amos, the son of Nahum,
the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
26 the son of Maath, the son of
Mattathias, the son of Semein,
the son of Josech, the son of
Joda, 27 the son of Joanan, the son
of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel,
the son of Shealtiel, the son of
Neri, 28 the son of Melchi, the son
of Addi, the son of Cosam, the
son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
29 the son of Jesus, the son of
Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of
Matthat, the son of Levi, 30 the son
of Symeon, the son of Judas, the
son of Joseph, the son of Jonam,
the son of Eliakim, 31 the son of
Melea, the son of Menna, the son
of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the
son of David, 32 the son of Jesse,
the son of Obed, the son of Boaz,
the son of Salmon, the son of
Nahshon, 33 the son of Amminadab,
the son of Arni, the son of
Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of
Judah, 34 the son of Jacob, the son
of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the
son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu,
the son of Peleg, the son of Eber,
the son of Shelah, 36 the son of
Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the
son of Shem, the son of Noah,
the son of Lamech, 37 the son of
Methuselah, the son of Enoch,
the son of Jared, the son of
Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 38 the
son of Enos, the son of Seth, the
son of Adam, the son of God.

Or, The genealogy of Jesus Christ.

Or, birth: as in ver. 18.

Gr. Aram.

Gr. Asaph.

Gr. Amos.

Or, removal to Babylon.

Gr. Salathiel.

Some ancient authorities write Sala.

Many ancient authorities insert the son of Admin; and one writes Admin for Amminadab.

Some ancient authorities write Aram.

a This view is not accepted by all scholars, though it is found as early as Eusebius (Hist. Eccl. i, 7). See note 5 at end of Harmony.

b The Sinaitic Syriac, against all the early Greek manuscripts, reads in Matt. 1:16: "But Joseph, to whom the Virgin Mary was betrothed, begat Jesus." This ancient Ebionitic text is followed by Von Soden in his Griechisches Neues Testament and by Moffatt in his New Translation of the New Testament, but it is difficult to believe it genuine, for in Matt. 1:18-22 the writer pictures Joseph as on the point of putting Mary away privily. The two reports in the Sinaitic Syriac flatly contradict each other. Those who accept it say that the writer of the Virgin Birth view in 1:18-20 overlooked 1:16 (certainly a serious oversight). It is easier to think that an Ebionitic scribe in copying altered 1:16, but passed by 1:18-20. The Ebionites denied the deity of Jesus. Both Matthew and Luke (1:26-38) give the Virgin Birth of Jesus, but they preserve separate traditions on the subject.

c Observe that Matthew's three divisions of the genealogy represent three great periods in the history of Israel. See note 5 at end of Harmony for discussion of the differences between the genealogies in Matthew and in Luke.