This came my way today and I thought I'd pass it along. I wonder how,
without court houses, county clerks, departments of vital statistics,
and all the technical means of record preservation now available, they were
able to preserve all this information?
Cookie, in Florida
Matthew 1
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of
Abraham:
2Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his
brothers. 3Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and
Hezron begot Ram. 4Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon
begot Salmon. 5Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed
begot Jesse, 6and Jesse begot David the king.
David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah. 7Solomon
begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa. 8Asa begot
Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah. 9Uzziah begot
Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah. 10Hezekiah begot
Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah. 11Josiah begot Jeconiah
and his brothers about the time they were carried away to Babylon.
12And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and
Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel. 13Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim,
and Eliakim begot Azor. 14Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim
begot Eliud. 15Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot
Jacob. 16And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus
who is called Christ.
17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from
David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the
captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.