Open Bible Data Home About News OET Key
OET OET-RV OET-LV ULT UST BSB BLB AICNT OEB WEBBE WMBB NET LSV FBV TCNT T4T LEB BBE Moff JPS Wymth ASV DRA YLT Drby RV Wbstr KJB-1769 KJB-1611 Bshps Gnva Cvdl TNT Wycl SR-GNT UHB BrLXX BrTr Related Topics Parallel Interlinear Reference Dictionary Search
parallelVerse INT GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOB JOS JDG RUTH 1SA 2SA PSA AMOS HOS 1KI 2KI 1CH 2CH PRO ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL YHN MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC GAL 1TH 2TH 1COR 2COR ROM COL PHM EPH PHP 1TIM TIT 1PET 2PET 2TIM HEB YUD 1YHN 2YHN 3YHN REV
Mat Intro C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28
Mat 1 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25
Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible. Normally the OET discourages the reading of individual ‘verses’, but this view is only designed for doing comparisons of different translations. Click on any Bible version abbreviation down the left-hand side to see the verse in more of its context. The OET segments on this page are still very early looks into the unfinished texts of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check these texts in advance before using in public.
Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)
OET (OET-RV) Yacob the father of Yosef (Grk: Yosef), the husband of Maria (Grk: Marias) who Yeshua (Grk: Yesous), the one called the messiah was born to.
OET-LV and Yakōb bore the Yōsaʸf/(Yōşēf) the husband of_Maria/(Miryām), of whom was_born Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), the one being_called the_chosen_one/messiah.
SR-GNT Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἄνδρα Μαρίας, ἐξ ἧς ἐγεννήθη ˚Ἰησοῦς, ὁ λεγόμενος ˚Χριστός. ‡
(Yakōb de egennaʸsen ton Yōsaʸf ton andra Marias, ex haʸs egennaʸthaʸ ˚Yaʸsous, ho legomenos ˚Ⱪristos.)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, the one called Christ.
UST Jacob was the father of Joseph. Joseph was Mary’s husband. Mary was the mother of Jesus. Jesus is the one whom we call the Messiah.
BSB and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary,
⇔ of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
BLB And Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, the One being called Christ.
AICNT Jacob fathered Joseph the husband[fn] of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
1:16, husband: The Greek word is defined by BDAG as (1) an adult human male, man, husband (2) someone, a person, or (3) a transcendent figure. (BDAG, ἀνήρ)
OEB Jacob of Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus, who is called “Christ”.
WEBBE Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus,[fn] who is called Christ.
1:16 “Jesus” means “Salvation”.
WMBB Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Miriam, from whom was born Yeshua,[fn] who is called Messiah.
1:16 “Yeshua” means “Salvation”.
NET and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
LSV and Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named Christ.
FBV and Jacob was the father of Joseph, who was the husband of Mary, to whom Jesus was born, the one who is called the Messiah.
TCNT and Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
T4T Jacob was the father of Joseph. Joseph was Mary’s husband, and Mary was Jesus’ mother. Jesus is the one who is called {whom we call} the Messiah.
LEB and Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary by whom[fn] was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
1:16 The Greek relative pronoun is feminine gender and thus refers only to Mary, not Joseph
BBE And the son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, whose name is Christ.
Moff No Moff MAT book available
Wymth and Jacob of Joseph the husband of Mary, who was the mother of JESUS who is called CHRIST.
ASV and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
DRA And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
YLT and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was begotten Jesus, who is named Christ.
Drby and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
RV and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Wbstr And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
KJB-1769 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
KJB-1611 And Iacob begate Ioseph the husband of Mary, of whom was borne Iesus, who is called Christ.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps Iacob begat Ioseph, the husband of Marie, of who was borne Iesus, that is called Christe.
(Yacob begat Yoseph, the husband of Mary/Maria, of who was born Yesus/Yeshua, that is called Christ.)
Gnva And Iacob begat Ioseph ye husband of Mary, of whom was borne Jesus, that is called Christ.
(And Yacob begat Yoseph ye/you_all husband of Mary, of whom was born Yesus, that is called Christ. )
Cvdl Iacob begat Ioseph the hussbande of Mary, of who was borne that Iesus, which is called Christ.
(Yacob begat Yoseph the hussbande of Mary, of who was born that Yesus/Yeshua, which is called Christ.)
TNT Iacob begat Ioseph the husbande of Mary of which was boren that Iesus that is called Christ.
(Yacob begat Yoseph the husband of Mary of which was boren that Yesus/Yeshua that is called Christ. )
Wycl Mathan bigat Jacob. Jacob bigat Joseph, the hosebonde of Marye, of whom Jhesus was borun, that is clepid Christ.
(Mathan begat Yacob. Yacob begat Yoseph, the husband of Mary/Maria, of whom Yhesus was born, that is called Christ.)
Luth Jakob zeugete Joseph, den Mann Marias, von welcher ist geboren JEsus, der da heißet Christus.
(Yakob zeugete Yoseph, the man Marias, from which is geboren Yesus, the/of_the there heißet Christ.)
ClVg Jacob autem genuit Joseph virum Mariæ, de qua natus est Jesus, qui vocatur Christus.[fn]
(Yacob however genuit Yoseph virum Mariæ, about which natus it_is Yesus, who is_called Christus. )
1.16 Joseph. Apponens Christus qui Judæis gentes apposuit, qui et pater Christi dicitur, quem de sua conjuge natum adoptive suscepit: sed et putative pater dicitur. Joseph Matthæus dicit filium Jacob, et Jacob filium Mathan. Lucas Joseph filium Heli, et Heli filium Mathat, sed Mathan et Mathat de eadem uxore Hesta nomine singulos genuerunt. Mathan qui per Salomonem descendit, eam prius duxit, et relicto uno filio Jacob obiit, et postea Mathat qui per Mathan descendit de David, eamdem duxit et genuit Heli, sic Jacob et Heli fratres sunt uterini. Jacob autem uxorem Heli fratris sui sine liberis defuncti, ad suscitandum semen ejus, accipiens, genuit Joseph natura suum, sed secundum legem Heli filium. Quod dicitur filius nomine ejus vocari cui suscitatur, non est verum cum Booz eum quem genuit ex Ruth, non Elimelech cui suscitatur, sed Obeth vocavit. Virum Mariæ. Quid ad Christum generatio ex David deducta ad Joseph, cum Christus non ex semine Joseph? Sed non est consuetudo Scripturarum, ut ordo mulierum in generationibus texatur; et ideo non per Mariam, sed per Joseph inducitur, cum de una Joseph et Maria tribu fuerint. Unde et eam quasi propinquam cogebatur accipere, ne tribus in aliam se confunderet: unde etiam simul tanquam de una stirpe profitentur in Bethlehem redire cum singulis in suam civitatem. Exemplo Mariæ liquet fidelibus conjugatis servato pari consensu continentiam posse permanere, conjugiumque vocari non permisto corporeo sexu, sed custodito mentis affectu. Unde et Joseph vir Mariæ dicitur, quia conjugium verum est ubi conservatur amoris effectus, et in Maria fructus nuptiarum invenitur.
1.16 Yoseph. Apponens Christus who Yudæis gentes apposuit, who and father of_Christ it_is_said, which about his_own conyuge natum adoptive suscepit: but and putative father it_is_said. Yoseph Matthæus dicit son Yacob, and Yacob son Mathan. Lucas Yoseph son Heli, and Heli son Mathat, but Mathan and Mathat about eadem uxore Hesta nomine singulos genuerunt. Mathan who through Salomonem descendit, her first/before duxit, and relicto uno filio Yacob obiit, and postea Mathat who through Mathan descendit about David, eamdem duxit and genuit Heli, so Yacob and Heli brothers are uterini. Yacob however wife Heli fratris sui without freedom defuncti, to suscitandum seed his, accipiens, genuit Yoseph natura his_own, but after/second legem Heli filium. That it_is_said son nomine his vocari cui suscitatur, not/no it_is verum when/with Booz him which genuit from Ruth, not/no Elimelech cui suscitatur, but Obeth he_called. Virum Mariæ. What to Christum generatio from David deducta to Yoseph, when/with Christus not/no from semine Yoseph? But not/no it_is consuetudo Scripturarum, as ordo mulierum in generationibus texatur; and ideo not/no through Mariam, but through Yoseph inducitur, when/with about una Yoseph and Maria tribu fuerint. Unde and her as_if propinquam cogebatur accipere, not tribus in aliam se confunderet: whence also simul tanquam about una stirpe profitentur in Bethlehem redire when/with singulis in his_own civitatem. Exemplo Mariæ liquet fidelibus conyugatis servato pari consensu continentiam posse permanere, conyugiumque vocari not/no permisto corporeo sexu, but custodito mentis affectu. Unde and Yoseph man Mariæ it_is_said, because conyugium verum it_is where conservatur amoris effectus, and in Maria fructus nuptiarum invenitur.
UGNT Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἄνδρα Μαρίας, ἐξ ἧς ἐγεννήθη Ἰησοῦς, ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός.
(Yakōb de egennaʸsen ton Yōsaʸf ton andra Marias, ex haʸs egennaʸthaʸ Yaʸsous, ho legomenos Ⱪristos.)
SBL-GNT Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἄνδρα Μαρίας, ἐξ ἧς ἐγεννήθη Ἰησοῦς ὁ λεγόμενος χριστός.
(Yakōb de egennaʸsen ton Yōsaʸf ton andra Marias, ex haʸs egennaʸthaʸ Yaʸsous ho legomenos ⱪristos.)
TC-GNT Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἄνδρα Μαρίας, ἐξ ἧς ἐγεννήθη Ἰησοῦς, ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός.
(Yakōb de egennaʸse ton Yōsaʸf ton andra Marias, ex haʸs egennaʸthaʸ Yaʸsous, ho legomenos Ⱪristos. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
1:16 This genealogy is traced through Joseph, who stands in David’s line (see also study note on Luke 3:23-38).
Genealogy of Jesus
Both Matthew and Luke provide genealogies of Jesus (Matt 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-38). The two genealogies differ for the generations following King David. Matthew follows the line of David’s son Solomon, while Luke follows the line of David’s son Nathan. One possible explanation is that Matthew records Joseph’s genealogy while Luke records Mary’s (in which case Joseph would have been Heli’s son-in-law).
Genealogies were kept quite accurately in Judaism, as Josephus confirms (Josephus, Life 1). Genealogies were important in the Old Testament and in Judaism generally because land rights were apportioned to families in Israel and because certain offices, such as priest and king, were inherited from father to son. Genealogies sometimes ran a record from the past to the present to illustrate religious themes, family descent, or political ties, as well as simple chronology (1 Chr 1–9). Most such lists were representative rather than a complete list of every individual.
The purpose of Matthew’s genealogy, unlike Luke’s, is to show Jesus’ heritage as running from Abraham through David. Jesus’ genealogy confirms him as a legitimate heir to the throne of David. So Jesus’ genealogy in Matthew goes back to Abraham, the father of the Jewish race. By contrast, the genealogy in Luke goes all the way back to Adam. This is consistent with Luke’s emphasis on Jesus as the Savior for all people everywhere.
In Matthew’s genealogy, the unusual mention of women with stained reputations (Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba), some of them Gentiles, is noteworthy and emphasizes God’s grace to redeem even those deemed unworthy by others.
Jesus’ genealogies do not prove that Jesus is the Messiah, but they do make him a possible candidate. His identity as the Messiah becomes evident in other ways (Matt 11:2-6). God had guided the course of history to its climax. Jesus is the anticipated Messiah of the Old Testament, the Savior of his people, and the King descended from David assuming his throne (see 2 Sam 7:16). He is heir to Abraham and ultimately fulfills God’s promises to Abraham (Gen 12:1-3).
Passages for Further Study
Note 1 topic: translate-names
Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἄνδρα Μαρίας
Jacob and bore ¬the Joseph the husband ˱of˲_Mary
This is the end of the list of Jesus’ ancestors that began in 1:2. Use the same format as you used in the previous verses.
Note 2 topic: translate-names
Μαρίας
˱of˲_Mary
The word Mary is the name of a woman.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐξ ἧς ἐγεννήθη Ἰησοῦς
of whom /was/_born Jesus
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [who gave birth to Jesus]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish
ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός
the_‹one› /being/_called /the/_Anointed|Christ
Here, the phrase the one called Christ distinguishes this Jesus from any other people named Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that distinguishes between this Jesus and any other people with that name. Alternate translation: [the Jesus called Christ] or [specifically, the one who is called Christ]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός
the_‹one› /being/_called /the/_Anointed|Christ
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: [whom people call Christ]