¹ And Abraham departed thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned at Gerar.

² And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

³ But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art [but] a dead man, because of the woman that thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.

⁴ But Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou also kill a righteous nation?

⁵ Did he not say to me, She is my sister? and she, even she said, He is my brother. In the integrity of my heart and in the innocency of my hands have I done this.

⁶ And God said to him in a dream, I also knew that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart, and I, too, have withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore have I not suffered thee to touch her.

⁷ And now, restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and will pray for thee, that thou mayest live. And if thou do not restore [her], know that thou shalt certainly die, thou and all that is thine.

⁸ And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and spoke all these words in their ears; and the men were greatly afraid.

⁹ And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What hast thou done to us? And in what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me, and on my kingdom, a great sin? Thou hast done to me deeds that ought not to be done.

¹⁰ And Abimelech said to Abraham, What hast thou seen that thou hast done this?

¹¹ And Abraham said, Because I said, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my wife's sake.

¹² But she is also truly my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

¹³ And it came to pass when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, Let this be thy kindness which thou shalt shew to me: at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

¹⁴ And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and bondmen and bondwomen, and gave [them] to Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

¹⁵ And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it is good in thine eyes.

¹⁶ And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand [pieces] of silver; behold, let that be to thee a covering of the eyes, in respect of all that are with thee, and with all; and she was reproved.

¹⁷ And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife and his handmaids, and they bore [children].

¹⁸ For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

¹ Book of the generation of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham.

² Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Juda and his brethren;

³ and Juda begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram,

⁴ and Aram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Naasson, and Naasson begat Salmon,

⁵ and Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse,

⁶ and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon, of her [that had been the wife] of Urias;

⁷ and Solomon begat Roboam, and Roboam begat Abia, and Abia begat Asa,

⁸ and Asa begat Josaphat, and Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Ozias,

⁹ and Ozias begat Joatham, and Joatham begat Achaz, and Achaz begat Ezekias,

¹⁰ and Ezekias begat Manasses, and Manasses begat Amon, and Amon begat Josias,

¹¹ and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away of Babylon.

¹² And after the carrying away of Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel, and Salathiel begat Zorobabel,

¹³ and Zorobabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor,

¹⁴ and Azor begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud,

¹⁵ and Eliud begat Eliazar, and Eliazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob,

¹⁶ and Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

¹⁷ All the generations, therefore, from Abraham to David [were] fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away of Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the carrying away of Babylon unto the Christ, fourteen generations.

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother, Mary, that is, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child of [the] Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ But Joseph, her husband, being [a] righteous [man], and unwilling to expose her publicly, purposed to have put her away secretly;

²⁰ but while he pondered on these things, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to [thee] Mary, thy wife, for that which is begotten in her is of [the] Holy Spirit.

²¹ And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for *he* shall save his people from their sins.

²² Now all this came to pass that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by [the] Lord, through the prophet, saying,

²³ Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, 'God with us.'

²⁴ But Joseph, having awoke up from his sleep, did as the angel of [the] Lord had enjoined him, and took to [him] his wife,

²⁵ and knew her not until she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name Jesus.