Matthew 1 Literally Rendered

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¹Scroll of the generation of Yeshua, anointed son of David, son of Avraham. ²Avraham childed Isaac, and Isaac childed Jacob. And Jacob childed Judah and his brethren. ³And Judah childed Pharez and Zerah of Tamar. And Pharez childed Hezron. And Hezron childed Ram. ⁴And Ram childed Aminadav. And Aminadab childed Nahshon. And Nahshon childed Salmon. ⁵And Salmon childed Boaz of Rakhav. And Boaz childed Obed of Ruth. And Obed childed Jesse. ⁶And Jesse childed David the king. And David the king childed Solomon of her of Uriah. ⁷And Solomon childed Rehoboam. And Rehoboam childed Abijah. And Abijah childed Asa. ⁸And Asa childed Jehoshaphat. And Jehoshaphat childed Jehoram. And Jehoram childed Uzziah. ⁹And Uzziah childed Jotham. And Jotham childed Akhaz. And Akhaz childed Hezekiah. ¹⁰And Hezekiah childed Manasseh. And Manasseh childed Amon. And Amon childed Josiah. ¹¹And Josiah childed Jeconiah/Jehoiachin and his brethren about the time they were carried away to Babylon. ¹²And after the carrying away of Babylon Jeconiah/Jehoiachin childed Shealtiel. And Shealtiel childed Zerubbabel. ¹³And Zerubbabel childed Abihud. And Abihud childed Eliakim. And Eliakim childed Hazor. ¹⁴ And Hazor childed Zadok. And Zadok childed Joiakim/Jehoiakim. And Joiakim/Jehoiakim childed Elihud.¹⁵And Elihud childed Eleazar. And Eleazar childed Mattan. And Mattan childed Jacob. ¹⁶And Jacob childed Joseph the husband of Miriam of whom was born Yeshua who is called Messiah. ¹⁷So all the generations from Avraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David until the carrying away of Babylon, fourteen generations, and from the carrying away of Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations.

¹⁸Now the birth of the Anointed Salvation was thus. For His mother Miriam, having been betrothed to Joseph, was found to be with child from the Spirit of the Holy-[One] before they came together. ¹⁹But Joseph her husband secretly purposed to put her away, being righteous and not willing to expose her publicly. ²⁰And when he had pondered these things, behold an angel of Yehovah appeared to him in a dream saying, “Yoseph ben David! Fear not to take to Miriam thy wife! For what is in her is holy, is begotten of the Spirit! ²¹And she shall bring forth a son. And thou shalt call His Name Salvation. For He shall save His people from their sins!” ²²Now this all came to pass that what was spoken by Yehovah through the prophet will be fulfilled, saying, ²³ “Behold the pregnant virgin! And she shall child a son. And they shall call His Name Immanuel,” which being interpreted is God-With-Us. ²⁴And having been aroused from sleep, Joseph did as the angel of Yehovah had ordered him and took his wife. ²⁵And he knew her not until she brought forth her son—the firstborn. And he called His Name Salvation [Yeshua].