The direct line from Adam to Jesus, 77 generations across 4,000+ years of scripture.
This genealogy is compiled from the following key passages (MEV):
The first man, created by God from the dust of the ground. Fathered Seth at age 130.
Genesis 5:3-5Born to Adam and Eve after Abel's death. Fathered Enosh at age 105.
Genesis 5:6-8In his time, people began to call upon the name of the Lord. Fathered Kenan at age 90.
Genesis 5:9-11Fathered Mahalalel at age 70.
Genesis 5:12-14Fathered Jared at age 65.
Genesis 5:15-17Fathered Enoch at age 162.
Genesis 5:18-20Walked faithfully with God, then God took him; he did not see death. Fathered Methuselah at age 65.
Taken by GodFathered Lamech at age 187. Died the year of the Great Flood.
Genesis 5:25-27Fathered Noah at age 182. Said of Noah: "This one will comfort us."
Genesis 5:28-31Fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth at age 500. Built the ark and survived the Great Flood at age 600.
The Great FloodFathered Arphaxad at age 100, two years after the Flood. Ancestor of all Semitic peoples.
Genesis 11:10-11Fathered Shelah at age 35.
Genesis 11:12-13Fathered Eber at age 30.
Genesis 11:14-15Fathered Peleg at age 34. Root of the name "Hebrew."
Genesis 11:16-17Fathered Reu at age 30. "In his days the earth was divided."
Tower of Babel / Earth DividedFathered Serug at age 32.
Genesis 11:20-21Fathered Nahor at age 30.
Genesis 11:22-23Fathered Terah at age 29.
Genesis 11:24-25Fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran at age 70. Departed Ur of the Chaldeans.
Genesis 11:26-32Originally Abram. Called by God out of Ur. Father of many nations. Fathered Isaac at age 100 with his wife Sarah.
Genesis 12:1-4, 21:5, 25:7The child of promise. Fathered twins Jacob and Esau at age 60 with his wife Rebekah.
Genesis 25:26, 35:28Wrestled with God and received the name Israel. Father of the 12 tribes. Wives: Leah and Rachel.
Genesis 32:28, 47:28The sons of Jacob who became the twelve tribes. The line to Jesus continues through Judah.
Son of Jacob and Leah. Father of Perez by Tamar. The tribe of kingship and of the Messiah.
Genesis 38, 49:10Son of Judah and Tamar. Twin brother of Zerah.
Genesis 38:29, Ruth 4:18Son of Perez.
Ruth 4:18Son of Hezron.
Ruth 4:19Son of Ram. Lived during the era of the Exodus from Egypt.
Era of the ExodusSon of Amminadab. Leader of the tribe of Judah during the wilderness wanderings.
Ruth 4:20, Numbers 2:3Son of Nahshon. Married Rahab of Jericho.
Ruth 4:20, Matthew 1:5Son of Salmon and Rahab. The kinsman-redeemer who married Ruth the Moabite.
Ruth 4:21Son of Boaz and Ruth.
Ruth 4:21Son of Obed. Father of eight sons, the youngest being David.
Ruth 4:22, 1 Samuel 16:10-11Shepherd, warrior, psalmist, king of all Israel. God made an eternal covenant with his house. Father of Solomon by Bathsheba, and also father of Nathan.
2 Samuel 5:4, 7:12-16After King David, scripture records two genealogical lines to Jesus. Matthew’s Gospel traces the royal/legal line through Solomon to Joseph, making Jesus the legal heir to David's throne. Luke’s Gospel traces the biological line through Nathan to Mary, making Jesus a physical descendant of David.
"The Son of David, the Son of Abraham"
Born in Bethlehem of Judea. Legal heir to David's throne through Joseph. Biological descendant of David through Mary. The promised Messiah.
Matthew and Luke record different genealogies for Jesus. The widely held explanation is that Matthew traces the legal/royal line through Joseph, making Jesus the legal heir to David's throne, while Luke traces the biological line through Mary, making Jesus a physical descendant of David. In Jewish culture, a genealogy could be listed under the husband's name even when tracing the wife's lineage. Luke 3:23 carefully notes that Jesus was "the son, so it was thought, of Joseph."
Both lines converge at David and earlier at Abraham, confirming that Jesus fulfilled the messianic prophecies requiring the Messiah to be both a son of Abraham (Genesis 22:18) and a son of David (2 Samuel 7:12-16).
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham. -- Matthew 1:1 (MEV)