MATTHEW'S TOLEDOTH [Generations]

Chart of Matthew's Genealogy of Jesus Christ (Mt 1:1-17)

Matthew manipulates the names of Abraham's descendants into 3 sets of 14 individual male descendants to create 42 names of the descendants of Abraham. He manipulates the names to bring attention to the link between God's covenant promises to Abraham and David. David's name is # 14 in the list and the gematria (letter/number equivalent) of his name is number 14. The number 42 also has significance. 42 divided by 12, the number of Israel, yields 3 ½, a prophetic number in both Daniel chapter 12 and in Revelation 11:11. The number 42 is a prophetic number in Revelation 11:2 and 13:5.

Set #1

1. Abraham	fathered	Isaac
2. Isaac	fathered	Jacob
3. Jacob	fathered	Judah
4. Judah	fathered	Perez
			additional names of Zerah and Tamar (woman #1)
5. Perez	fathered	Hezron
6. Hezron	fathered	Ram
7. Ram	fathered	Amminadab
8. Amminadab	fathered	Nahshon
9. Nahshon	fathered	Salmon
10. Salmon	fathered	Boaz
			Rahab (woman #2)
11. Boaz	fathered	Obed
			Ruth (woman #3)
12. Obed	fathered	Jesse
13. Jesse	fathered
14. David

There are 14 generations
         There are 27 total male names (repeats and counting Zerah's name)
         There are   3 names of gentile women
Total names:    30 names (note: it was necessary to add Zerah's name to make 30 names)

Set #2

David	fathered	Solomon	Uriah's wife (note: David's name is repeated)
1. Solomon	fathered	Rehoboam
2. Rehoboam	fathered	Abijah
3. Abijah	fathered	Asa
4. Asa	fathered	Jehoshaphat
5. Jehoshaphat	fathered	Joram
6. Joram	fathered	Uzziah	(3 missing kings)
7. Uzziah	fathered	Jotham
8. Jotham	fathered	Ahaz
9. Ahaz	fathered	Hezekiah
10. Hezekiah	fathered	Manasseh
11. Manasseh	fathered	Amon
12. Amon	fathered	Josiah
13. Josiah	fathered	[see #14]
14.Jechoniah			[deportation of Judah to Babylon]

            There are 14 generations (no repeats)
            There are 29 names of males total if you include Uriah
            There is      1 female mentioned but not counted because unnamed (the wife of Uriah- 4th gentile woman. 4 is the number of the earth)

Set #3 (after the deportation to Babylon; notice no restoration is mentioned)

1.Jechoniah	fathered	Shealtiel
2.Shealtiel	fathered	Zerubbabel
3. Zerubbabel	fathered	Abiud
4. Abiud	fathered	Eliakim
5. Eliakim	fathered	Azor
6. Azor	fathered	Zadok
7. Zadok	fathered	Achim
8. Achim	fathered	Eliud
9. Eliud	fathered	Eleazar
10. Eleazar	fathered	Matthan
11. Matthan	fathered	Jacob
12. Jacob	fathered	Joseph
13. Joseph	husband of	Mary	(the 5^th woman) mother of
14. Jesus the Christ			(bringing true restoration to Israel)

Matthew' manipulation of the genealogy is reflected in the fact that he dropped the names of several Judahite kings in Jesus' line:: Ahaziah, Jehoash (Joash), Amaziah, and Jehoiakim. He also doubled the use of name of Jechoniah in order to get 14 generations in the final set. Jesus' name is the 14^th generation, but if you count all the names without repeats, Mary's name is the 14^th name with Jesus name coming after 6 sets of 7 as the 7^th 7. In Scripture, 7 is the number of fullness and perfection. There are 27 names total in this set. The total of all the names given in each set is 86. In Scripture, 8 is the number of salvation; 80 is the number of salvation times divine order (10), and 6 is the number of man. Matthew's message is that Jesus is the Messiah, the son of David and the King of Kings who has come to bring salvation to Israel and to mankind.