1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to Christ, 3 fourteen generations.
1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, 4 she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 1:19 Because Joseph, her husband to be, 5 was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her 6 privately. 1:20 When he had contemplated this, an 7 angel of the Lord 8 appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.