Genealogy of Joseph (step-father of Jesus)

The Genealogy of Joseph
Step-father of Jesus and
Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary

[Mortal creation]

Adam 930 **
Seth 912
Enosh 905
Kenan 910 (Cainan)
Mahalalel 895 (Mahalalel)
Jared 962
Enoch 365 (Enoch walked with God for 300 years then God took him, and he was no more).
Methuselah 969 (oldest man)
Lamech 777
Noah 950

[The Great Flood]
Shem 600
Arpachshad 438
Shelah 433
Eber 464
Peleg 239
Reu 239
Serug 230
Nahor 148
Terah 205

[God's Covenant]

Abraham 175 *
.....(wife Sarah 127)
Issac 180 + Rebekah
Jacob 147 (aka Israel)
Judah + Tamar
Perez+ Zarah
Hezron
Aram
Amminadab
Nahshon
Salmon + Rahab
Boaz + Ruth
Obed
Jesse

[King David]

*King David .....(wife Uriah)
Solomon
Rehoboam
Abijah
Asaph
Jehoshaphat
Joram
Uzziah
Jotham
Ahaz
Hezekiah
Manaseth
Amos

[Babalonian Departure]

*Josiah
Jechoniah
Salathiel
Zerubbabel
Abiud
Eliakim
Azor
Zadok
Achim
Eliud
Eleasar
Matthan
Jacob
Joseph + Mary

Jesus
(Son of God & Mary)

*This entire genealogy was taken from the Bible:
Adam to Noah, GENESIS 5:1-32
Noah to Peleg, GENESIS 10:1-32
Abraham to Judah GEN 11-49
King David to Joseph (wife of Mary), MATTHEW 1:1-17
LUKE has a very different opinion. See LUKE 3:23

** From Adam to Abraham - 20 generations
Abraham was Abram before God's covenant with him when he was 99.
Abraham married Keturah second.
** From Adam to Joseph - 59 generations
*** From Abraham to King David -14 generations
*** From King David to Josiah (Babalonian departure)-14 generations
***From Josiah to Joseph - 14 generations
**** The Bible does not say that Enoch died, only that God took him.

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