Matthew 1:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the taking away to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the taking away to Babylon to the coming of Christ, fourteen generations.

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  • 2 Kgs 24:14 : 14 And he took away all the people of Jerusalem and all the chiefs and all the men of war, ten thousand prisoners; and all the expert workmen and the metal-workers; only the poorest sort of the people of the land were not taken away.
  • Jer 27:20 : 20 Which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take away, when he took Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, a prisoner from Jerusalem to Babylon, with all the great men of Judah and Jerusalem;
  • Matt 1:11-12 : 11 And the sons of Josiah were Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the taking away to Babylon. 12 And after the taking away to Babylon, Jechoniah had a son Shealtiel; and Shealtiel had Zerubbabel;
  • Matt 11:2 : 2 Now when John had news in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples
  • John 1:41 : 41 Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ).

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 1:5-16
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    84%

    5 And the son of Salmon by Rahab was Boaz; and the son of Boaz by Ruth was Obed; and the son of Obed was Jesse;

    6 And the son of Jesse was David the king; and the son of David was Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;

    7 And the son of Solomon was Rehoboam; and the son of Rehoboam was Abijah; and the son of Abijah was Asa;

    8 And the son of Asa was Jehoshaphat; and the son of Jehoshaphat was Joram; and the son of Joram was Uzziah;

    9 And the son of Uzziah was Jotham; and the son of Jotham was Ahaz; and the son of Ahaz was Hezekiah;

    10 And the son of Hezekiah was Manasseh; and the son of Manasseh was Amon; and the son of Amon was Josiah;

    11 And the sons of Josiah were Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the taking away to Babylon.

    12 And after the taking away to Babylon, Jechoniah had a son Shealtiel; and Shealtiel had Zerubbabel;

    13 And Zerubbabel had Abiud; and Abiud had Eliakim; and Eliakim had Azor;

    14 And Azor had Zadok; and Zadok had Achim; and Achim had Eliud;

    15 And Eliud had Eleazar; and Eleazar had Matthan; and Matthan had Jacob;

    16 And the son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, whose name is Christ.

  • Matt 1:1-2
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    81%

    1 The book of the generations of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

    2 The son of Abraham was Isaac; and the son of Isaac was Jacob; and the sons of Jacob were Judah and his brothers;

  • Matt 1:18
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    18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 3:23-34
    12 verses
    75%

    23 And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old, being the son (as it seemed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

    24 The son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

    25 The son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,

    26 The son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

    27 The son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

    28 The son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,

    29 The son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

    30 The son of Symeon, the son of Judas, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

    31 The son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

    32 The son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,

    33 The son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

    34 The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

  • Ruth 4:22
    72%

    22 And Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.

  • Luke 2:4
    72%

    4 And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,

  • Matt 1:20-23
    4 verses
    70%

    20 But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.

    21 And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.

    22 Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

    23 See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.

  • Luke 1:31-33
    3 verses
    69%

    31 And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus.

    32 He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

    33 He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

  • Gen 25:19
    69%

    19 Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:

  • Luke 1:27
    69%

    27 To a virgin who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.

  • 1 Chr 2:12
    69%

    12 And Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse,

  • 1 Chr 1:34
    68%

    34 And Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

  • Rom 1:3
    68%

    3 About his Son who, in the flesh, came from the family of David,

  • Luke 1:55
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    55 As he gave his word to our fathers.

  • Matt 1:25
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    25 And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.

  • Acts 7:8
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    8 And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 9:1
    67%

    1 So all Israel was listed by their families; and, truly, they are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was taken away as prisoners to Babylon because of their sin.

  • Matt 2:1
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    1 Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

  • Luke 3:37
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    37 The son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,

  • Mic 5:2-3
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    2 For this cause he will give them up till the time when she who is with child has given birth: then the rest of his brothers will come back to the children of Israel.

    3 And he will take his place and give food to his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.

  • Luke 1:57
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    57 Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son.