Gospel Book of Matthew chapter 1
is the first
chapter
of the
Gospel
of Matthew
in the New Testament. It contains two distinct sections. The first lists the genealogy of Jesus from Abraham to his legal father Joseph, his mother's husband. The second part, provides an account of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ.
Matthew chapter one opens with the
genealogy of Jesus
, set out in three stages each of 14 generations: from Abraham to
David
, from David to the
Babylonian exile
and thence to Jesus' legal father Joseph, the husband of Mary his mother.
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