Matthew 1:17

So then, all the generations from Abraham unto David, are, fourteen, generations, and, from David unto the removal to Babylon, fourteen, generations; and, from the removal to Babylon unto the Christ, fourteen, generations.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16And Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus,—who is called Christ.

18Now the birth, of [Jesus] Christ, was, thus: His mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph,—before they came together, she was found with child by [the] Holy Spirit.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 27:20which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not when he carried away captive Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon,—with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem,

Matthew 11:2Now, John, hearing in the prison the works of the Christ, sending through his disciples,

Matthew Henry on Matthew 1:2-18

Matthew to John The one half of our undertaking upon the New Testament It may be proper to apprise the reader that the volume to which this preface was originally prefixed included the Acts of the Apostles, which in the present edition will commence the second volume, in order to secure a more equal division of the New Testament—the commentary on the remaining books being less extended than the author contemplated .—Ed . is now, by the assistance of divine grace, finished, and presented to the reader, who, it is… Read the whole commentary →

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