From Adam to Jesus, generation by generation.

Adam

The first man, formed by God from the dust and made in his image. Eve, his wife, is called the mother of all living.

Confirmed inGenesis 5:1–2; Luke 3:38

Cain

Firstborn of Adam and Eve, a farmer who killed his brother Abel.

Confirmed inGenesis 4:1, 8

Abel

Second son of Adam and Eve, a shepherd whose offering God accepted. He was killed by Cain.

Confirmed inGenesis 4:2, 4

Seth

Born to Adam and Eve after Abel's death. The line of promise continues through him.

Confirmed inGenesis 4:25; 5:3

Enos

Son of Seth. In his days people began to call on the name of the LORD.

Confirmed inGenesis 4:26; 5:6

Cainan

Son of Enos and father of Mahalaleel.

Confirmed inGenesis 5:9

Mahalaleel

Son of Cainan and father of Jared.

Confirmed inGenesis 5:12

Jared

Son of Mahalaleel and father of Enoch.

Confirmed inGenesis 5:15

Enoch

Son of Jared. He walked with God, and God took him so that he did not see death.

Confirmed inGenesis 5:18, 24; Hebrews 11:5

Methuselah

Son of Enoch. At 969 years his is the longest life recorded in Scripture.

Confirmed inGenesis 5:21, 27

Lamech

Son of Methuselah and father of Noah.

Confirmed inGenesis 5:25, 28–29

Noah

Son of Lamech. He found grace in the eyes of the LORD and built the ark by which his family was saved from the flood.

Confirmed inGenesis 5:28–29; 6:8

Shem

Son of Noah. The line of promise continues through him to Abraham.

Confirmed inGenesis 5:32; 11:10

Ham

Son of Noah and father of Canaan.

Confirmed inGenesis 5:32; 9:18

Japheth

Son of Noah, whose descendants spread to the coastlands.

Confirmed inGenesis 5:32; 10:2–5

Arphaxad

Son of Shem, born two years after the flood.

Confirmed inGenesis 11:10

Salah

Son of Arphaxad and father of Eber.

Confirmed inGenesis 11:12

Eber

Son of Salah and father of Peleg.

Confirmed inGenesis 11:14

Peleg

Son of Eber. In his days the earth was divided.

Confirmed inGenesis 10:25; 11:16

Reu

Son of Peleg and father of Serug.

Confirmed inGenesis 11:18

Serug

Son of Reu and father of Nahor.

Confirmed inGenesis 11:20

Nahor

Son of Serug and father of Terah.

Confirmed inGenesis 11:22

Terah

Son of Nahor. He left Ur of the Chaldees with his family and settled in Haran.

Confirmed inGenesis 11:24, 31

Abram

Son of Terah, called by God to leave his country. God renamed him Abraham, father of many nations, and promised to bless all families of the earth through him.

Confirmed inGenesis 11:26; 12:1–3; 17:5

Nahor

Son of Terah and brother of Abram. He married Milcah and was the grandfather of Rebekah.

Confirmed inGenesis 11:26, 29; 24:15

Haran

Son of Terah and father of Lot. He died in Ur before his father.

Confirmed inGenesis 11:27–28

Ishmael

Abraham's first son, born to Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian handmaid.

Confirmed inGenesis 16:15

Isaac

The son God promised to Abraham and Sarah, born in their old age. The covenant continues through him.

Confirmed inGenesis 21:1–3; 17:19

Esau

Firstborn twin of Isaac and Rebekah, who sold his birthright. He is the father of the Edomites.

Confirmed inGenesis 25:25, 33; 36:9

Jacob

Younger twin of Isaac and Rebekah. God renamed him Israel, and his twelve sons became the tribes of Israel.

Confirmed inGenesis 25:26; 32:28

Reuben

Jacob's firstborn, son of Leah.

Confirmed inGenesis 29:32

Simeon

Second son of Jacob and Leah.

Confirmed inGenesis 29:33

Levi

Third son of Jacob and Leah. Moses, Aaron and the priests of Israel came from his tribe.

Confirmed inGenesis 29:34; Exodus 2:1

Judah

Fourth son of Jacob and Leah. Jacob foretold that the sceptre would not depart from Judah, and the Messiah came from his tribe.

Confirmed inGenesis 29:35; 49:10

Dan

Son of Jacob by Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid.

Confirmed inGenesis 30:5–6

Naphtali

Second son of Jacob by Bilhah.

Confirmed inGenesis 30:7–8

Gad

Son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid.

Confirmed inGenesis 30:10–11

Asher

Second son of Jacob by Zilpah.

Confirmed inGenesis 30:12–13

Issachar

Fifth son of Jacob and Leah.

Confirmed inGenesis 30:17–18

Zebulun

Sixth son of Jacob and Leah.

Confirmed inGenesis 30:19–20

Joseph

Rachel's firstborn, sold by his brothers into Egypt, where God raised him up to preserve the family.

Confirmed inGenesis 30:22–24; 50:20

Benjamin

Jacob's youngest son. Rachel died giving birth to him.

Confirmed inGenesis 35:16–18

Pharez

Twin son of Judah and Tamar. The line to David runs through him.

Confirmed inGenesis 38:29; Ruth 4:18

Zarah

Twin brother of Pharez, born with the scarlet thread on his hand.

Confirmed inGenesis 38:30

Hezron

Son of Pharez and father of Ram.

Confirmed inRuth 4:18–19

Ram

Son of Hezron and father of Amminadab.

Confirmed inRuth 4:19

Amminadab

Son of Ram and father of Nahshon.

Confirmed inRuth 4:19–20

Nahshon

Son of Amminadab and leader of the tribe of Judah in the wilderness.

Confirmed inRuth 4:20; Numbers 1:7

Salmon

Son of Nahshon. Matthew records that Rahab was the mother of his son Boaz.

Confirmed inRuth 4:20–21; Matthew 1:5

Boaz

A landowner of Bethlehem who married Ruth the Moabitess as her kinsman-redeemer.

Confirmed inRuth 4:13, 21; Matthew 1:5

Obed

Son of Boaz and Ruth, and grandfather of David.

Confirmed inRuth 4:17

Jesse

Son of Obed, of Bethlehem, and father of David.

Confirmed inRuth 4:22; 1 Samuel 16:1

David

Youngest son of Jesse, anointed king of Israel. God promised that his throne would be established for ever.

Confirmed in1 Samuel 16:13; 2 Samuel 7:16; Matthew 1:6

Solomon

Son of David and Bathsheba, who succeeded David as king and built the temple.

Confirmed in2 Samuel 12:24; Matthew 1:6

Rehoboam

Son of Solomon. Under him the kingdom divided, and he ruled Judah.

Confirmed in1 Kings 12:16–17; Matthew 1:7

Abijah

Son of Rehoboam and king of Judah.

Confirmed in1 Kings 15:1; Matthew 1:7

Asa

Son of Abijah, a king who did what was right and removed idols from Judah.

Confirmed in1 Kings 15:11–12; Matthew 1:7–8

Jehoshaphat

Son of Asa, a king who sought the LORD.

Confirmed in2 Chronicles 17:3–4; Matthew 1:8

Joram

Son of Jehoshaphat and king of Judah, also called Jehoram.

Confirmed in2 Kings 8:16; Matthew 1:8

Uzziah

King of Judah, also called Azariah. Matthew lists him after Joram, passing over three kings.

Confirmed in2 Chronicles 26:1; Matthew 1:8–9

Jotham

Son of Uzziah and king of Judah.

Confirmed in2 Kings 15:32; Matthew 1:9

Ahaz

Son of Jotham, an unfaithful king to whom Isaiah gave the sign of Immanuel.

Confirmed inIsaiah 7:10–14; Matthew 1:9

Hezekiah

Son of Ahaz, a king who trusted the LORD when Assyria threatened Jerusalem.

Confirmed in2 Kings 18:1–5; Matthew 1:9–10

Manasseh

Son of Hezekiah. His long reign was wicked, though he later humbled himself before God.

Confirmed in2 Chronicles 33:1–2, 12–13; Matthew 1:10

Amon

Son of Manasseh and king of Judah.

Confirmed in2 Kings 21:19; Matthew 1:10

Josiah

Son of Amon, the king under whom the book of the law was found and Judah was reformed.

Confirmed in2 Kings 22:1–2, 8; Matthew 1:10–11

Jeconiah

King of Judah, also called Jehoiachin, who was carried captive to Babylon.

Confirmed in2 Kings 24:12–15; Matthew 1:11–12

Shealtiel

Born in the exile; father of Zerubbabel.

Confirmed inMatthew 1:12

Zerubbabel

Governor of Judah who led the first exiles home and rebuilt the temple.

Confirmed inEzra 3:2, 8; Matthew 1:12–13

Abiud

Son of Zerubbabel, named in Matthew's genealogy.

Confirmed inMatthew 1:13

Eliakim

Son of Abiud, named in Matthew's genealogy.

Confirmed inMatthew 1:13

Azor

Son of Eliakim, named in Matthew's genealogy.

Confirmed inMatthew 1:13–14

Zadok

Son of Azor, named in Matthew's genealogy.

Confirmed inMatthew 1:14

Achim

Son of Zadok, named in Matthew's genealogy.

Confirmed inMatthew 1:14

Eliud

Son of Achim, named in Matthew's genealogy.

Confirmed inMatthew 1:14–15

Eleazar

Son of Eliud, named in Matthew's genealogy.

Confirmed inMatthew 1:15

Matthan

Son of Eleazar, named in Matthew's genealogy.

Confirmed inMatthew 1:15

Jacob

Son of Matthan and father of Joseph.

Confirmed inMatthew 1:15–16

Joseph

A carpenter of Nazareth, of the house of David, and the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born.

Confirmed inMatthew 1:16, 20

Nathan

Son of David and Bathsheba, and an older brother of Solomon. Luke traces the line through him.

Confirmed in2 Samuel 5:14; 1 Chronicles 3:5; Luke 3:31

Mattatha

Son of Nathan and father of Menan, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:31

Menan

Son of Mattatha and father of Melea, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:31

Melea

Son of Menan and father of Eliakim, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:31

Eliakim

Son of Melea and father of Jonan, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:30

Jonan

Son of Eliakim and father of Joseph, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:30

Joseph

Son of Jonan and father of Juda, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:30

Juda

Son of Joseph and father of Simeon, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:30

Simeon

Son of Juda and father of Levi, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:30

Levi

Son of Simeon and father of Matthat, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:29

Matthat

Son of Levi and father of Jorim, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:29

Jorim

Son of Matthat and father of Eliezer, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:29

Eliezer

Son of Jorim and father of Jose, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:29

Jose

Son of Eliezer and father of Er, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:29

Er

Son of Jose and father of Elmodam, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:28

Elmodam

Son of Er and father of Cosam, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:28

Cosam

Son of Elmodam and father of Addi, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:28

Addi

Son of Cosam and father of Melchi, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:28

Melchi

Son of Addi and father of Neri, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:28

Neri

Son of Melchi and father of Salathiel, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:27

Salathiel

Son of Neri and father of Zorobabel, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:27

Zorobabel

Son of Salathiel and father of Rhesa, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:27

Rhesa

Son of Zorobabel and father of Joanna, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:27

Joanna

Son of Rhesa and father of Juda, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:27

Juda

Son of Joanna and father of Joseph, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:26

Joseph

Son of Juda and father of Semei, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:26

Semei

Son of Joseph and father of Mattathias, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:26

Mattathias

Son of Semei and father of Maath, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:26

Maath

Son of Mattathias and father of Nagge, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:26

Nagge

Son of Maath and father of Esli, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:25

Esli

Son of Nagge and father of Naum, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:25

Naum

Son of Esli and father of Amos, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:25

Amos

Son of Naum and father of Mattathias, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:25

Mattathias

Son of Amos and father of Joseph, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:25

Joseph

Son of Mattathias and father of Janna, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:24

Janna

Son of Joseph and father of Melchi, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:24

Melchi

Son of Janna and father of Levi, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:24

Levi

Son of Melchi and father of Matthat, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:24

Matthat

Son of Levi and father of Heli, named in Luke's genealogy.

Confirmed inLuke 3:24

Heli

Named by Luke as the father of Joseph. Many understand him to be the father of Mary, making Joseph his son-in-law.

Confirmed inLuke 3:23

Jesus Christ

The promised Messiah, son of David and son of Abraham, conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of the virgin Mary in Bethlehem.

Confirmed inMatthew 1:1, 16, 20–23; Luke 3:23