Genealogies

Four biblical genealogies, displayed as the texts present them. Where Matthew and Luke diverge, the divergence is shown without harmonization.

Genesis 5 — Adam to Noah

Antediluvian Patriarchs

Name	Yr from Adam	Age at Son	Remaining	Total Years	Son in Line	Scripture
Adam	0	130	800	930	Seth	Genesis 5:3-5 Septuagint (LXX): begets Seth at 230, lives 700 more (total 930). Genesis 5:4 notes he 'had other sons and daughters.'
Seth	130	105	807	912	Enosh	Genesis 5:6-8 Septuagint (LXX): begets Enosh at 205, lives 707 more (total 912).
Enosh	235	90	815	905	Kenan	Genesis 5:9-11 Also spelled Enos (Luke 3:38). Septuagint (LXX): begets Kenan at 190, lives 715 more (total 905).
Kenan	325	70	840	910	Mahalalel	Genesis 5:12-14 Rendered Cainan in Luke 3:37. Septuagint (LXX): begets Mahalalel at 170, lives 740 more (total 910).
Mahalalel	395	65	830	895	Jared	Genesis 5:15-17 Septuagint (LXX): begets Jared at 165, lives 730 more (total 895).
Jared	460	162	800	962	Enoch	Genesis 5:18-20 Septuagint (LXX) here agrees with the Masoretic figures (162 / 800 / 962).
Enoch	622	65	300	365	Methuselah	Genesis 5:21-24 Genesis 5:24 breaks the chapter's 'and he died' pattern: 'Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.' total_years (365) is years lived on earth, not a recorded age at death. Septuagint (LXX): begets Methuselah at 165, lives 200 more (total 365).
Methuselah	687	187	782	969	Lamech	Genesis 5:25-27 Longest recorded lifespan. Septuagint figures are textually disputed: Alexandrinus (167 at Lamech, 802 more, total 969) roughly matches the Masoretic total, while Vaticanus yields a figure that places his death after the Flood — a known LXX crux. Masoretic numbers used here; LXX flagged as uncertain.
Lamech	874	182	595	777	Noah	Genesis 5:28-31 This is Lamech son of Methuselah (line of Seth), distinct from Lamech son of Methushael in the line of Cain (Genesis 4:18-24). Septuagint (LXX): begets Noah at 188, lives 565 more (total 753).
Noah	1,056	500	450	950	Shem, Ham, and Japheth	Genesis 5:32 Genesis 5:32 gives Noah's age (500) at the birth of Shem, Ham, and Japheth but omits the closing 'and he died' formula found for the others. total_years (950) is stated separately in Genesis 9:29; remaining_years (450) is computed as 950 - 500. Birth order of the three sons is not fixed by 5:32; see Genesis 10:21 and 11:10 on Shem.
Total: 10 men	Masoretic text numbers. Septuagint differs for several patriarchs — see individual notes.

Genesis 11 — Shem to Terah

Post-Flood Patriarchs

Name	Yr from Adam	Age at Son	Remaining	Total Years	Son in Line	Scripture
Shem	1,558	100	500	600	Arphaxad	Genesis 11:10-11 Genesis 11:10 states Shem was 100 and begat Arphaxad 'two years after the flood.' The flood falls in Noah's 600th year (Genesis 7:11), i.e. year 1656 from Adam, placing Arphaxad's birth at 1658 and Shem's at 1558. This is two years off from Genesis 5:32 (Noah 500 = year 1556); the text does not reconcile the two, and Genesis 10:21 leaves the brothers' birth order ambiguous. total_years (600) is computed; Genesis 11 does not append an 'and he died' total (contrast Genesis 5).
Arphaxad	1,658	35	403	438	Shelah	Genesis 11:12-13 total_years (438) is computed; not stated in the text. The Septuagint of Genesis 11:12-13 inserts a son 'Cainan' between Arphaxad and Shelah, and has Arphaxad beget at 135; the Masoretic text has no such Cainan and reads 35. Luke 3:36 follows the LXX and includes this Cainan (see luke-3.json).
Shelah	1,693	30	403	433	Eber	Genesis 11:14-15 In the Masoretic text Shelah is Arphaxad's son directly; the Septuagint and Luke 3:35-36 place Cainan between them. total_years (433) is computed. Septuagint: begets Eber at 130.
Eber	1,723	34	430	464	Peleg	Genesis 11:16-17 Eponymous ancestor associated with the term 'Hebrew' (cf. Genesis 10:21). total_years (464) is computed. Septuagint: begets Peleg at 134 and gives a longer remaining figure.
Peleg	1,757	30	209	239	Reu	Genesis 11:18-19 Genesis 10:25 explains his name: 'in his days the earth was divided.' total_years (239) is computed. Septuagint: begets Reu at 130.
Reu	1,787	32	207	239	Serug	Genesis 11:20-21 total_years (239) is computed. Septuagint: begets Serug at 132.
Serug	1,819	30	200	230	Nahor	Genesis 11:22-23 total_years (230) is computed. Septuagint: begets Nahor at 130.
Nahor	1,849	29	119	148	Terah	Genesis 11:24-25 This is Nahor son of Serug (Abram's grandfather), distinct from his grandson Nahor, Abram's brother (Genesis 11:26). Shortest lifespan in the chapter. total_years (148) is computed. Septuagint: begets Terah at 79.
Terah	1,878	70	135	205	Abram, Nahor, and Haran	Genesis 11:26 Genesis 11:26 says Terah was 70 when he began fathering Abram, Nahor, and Haran; as in Genesis 5:32 with Noah, this need not mean all three were born the same year. Terah's total of 205 years and death in Haran are stated in Genesis 11:32 (remaining_years computed as 205 - 70 = 135). Abram is likely born later than Terah's 70th year: Abram left Haran at 75 (Genesis 12:4) after Terah's death (Acts 7:4), which would place Abram's birth at Terah 130. The text is not harmonized here. Abram/Abraham begins the covenant narrative and heads the Matthew 1 and Luke 3 genealogies.
Total: 9 men	Masoretic text numbers. Septuagint differs for several patriarchs — see individual notes.

Matthew 1 — Abraham to Joseph

Matthew structures the genealogy in three groups of fourteen (v. 17), tracing the royal line through Solomon to establish Jesus' legal claim to David's throne.

Abraham to David — 14 generations (v. 17)

#	Name	Father	Scripture
1	Abraham	—	Matthew 1:2 Head of both genealogies. Luke 3:34 places Abraham in the same line (Abraham son of Terah), agreeing with Matthew through this point.
2	Isaac	Abraham	Matthew 1:2
3	Jacob	Isaac	Matthew 1:2 The patriarch Jacob (Israel). Distinct from the later Jacob father of Joseph in 1:16.
4	Judah	Jacob	Matthew 1:3 1:3 names Tamar as the mother of Perez and Zerah (cf. Genesis 38); one of the women Matthew includes in the line.
5	Perez	Judah	Matthew 1:3
6	Hezron	Perez	Matthew 1:3
7	Ram	Hezron	Matthew 1:4 Greek 'Aram' (KJV). Luke 3:33 in the critical text does not read a simple 'Ram/Aram' here but 'Arni' and 'Admin'; see luke-3.json file_notes on that textual variant.
8	Amminadab	Ram	Matthew 1:4
9	Nahshon	Amminadab	Matthew 1:4 Leader of Judah in the wilderness (Numbers 1:7).
10	Salmon	Nahshon	Matthew 1:5 1:5 names Rahab as the mother of Boaz. Luke 3:32 spells the name 'Sala.'
11	Boaz	Salmon	Matthew 1:5 1:5 names Ruth as the mother of Obed (cf. Ruth 4:13-17).
12	Obed	Boaz	Matthew 1:5
13	Jesse	Obed	Matthew 1:5-6
14	David	Jesse	Matthew 1:6 14th name of the first group and the pivot of the second. From David the two genealogies diverge: Matthew continues through Solomon (the royal succession); Luke 3:31 continues through another son, Nathan. 1:6 refers to Bathsheba only as 'the wife of Uriah.'

David to the Babylonian Exile — 14 generations (v. 17)

#	Name	Father	Scripture
1	Solomon	David	Matthew 1:6-7 Matthew's royal line runs through Solomon; Luke 3:31 runs through David's son Nathan instead.
2	Rehoboam	Solomon	Matthew 1:7
3	Abijah	Rehoboam	Matthew 1:7 Greek 'Abia.'
4	Asa	Abijah	Matthew 1:7-8 King Asa (1 Kings 15:9-24). NA28/critical text spells the name 'Asaph' (as the psalmist); TR/KJV reads 'Asa.' Same king intended.
5	Jehoshaphat	Asa	Matthew 1:8
6	Joram	Jehoshaphat	Matthew 1:8 Also called Jehoram. Matthew's '...Joram the father of Uzziah' skips three intervening kings named in 1 Chronicles 3:11-12: Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah. Uzziah is Joram's great-great-grandson, not his son.
7	Uzziah	Joram	Matthew 1:8-9 Greek 'Ozias'; also called Azariah (2 Kings 15:1-7 / 2 Chronicles 26).
8	Jotham	Uzziah	Matthew 1:9
9	Ahaz	Jotham	Matthew 1:9
10	Hezekiah	Ahaz	Matthew 1:9-10
11	Manasseh	Hezekiah	Matthew 1:10
12	Amon	Manasseh	Matthew 1:10 King Amon (2 Kings 21:18-26). NA28/critical text spells the name 'Amos'; TR/KJV reads 'Amon.' Same king intended.
13	Josiah	Amon	Matthew 1:10-11 1:11 says Josiah was the father of Jeconiah 'at the time of the deportation to Babylon,' skipping Jehoiakim, who stands between them in 1 Chronicles 3:15-16. Jeconiah is properly Josiah's grandson.
14	Jeconiah	Josiah	Matthew 1:11-12 Also called Jehoiachin / Coniah. 14th and final name of the second group, at the Babylonian exile. In Matthew he is the father of Shealtiel; Luke 3:27 gives Shealtiel a different father, Neri. Compare Jeremiah 22:30, which pronounces Jeconiah 'childless' in the sense that no offspring would prosper on David's throne.

Exile to Joseph — 13 names listed (v. 17 says 14; see notes)

#	Name	Father	Scripture
1	Shealtiel	Jeconiah	Matthew 1:12 DIVERGENCE FROM LUKE: Matthew makes Shealtiel the son of Jeconiah; Luke 3:27 makes him the son of Neri. Both genealogies then agree that Shealtiel is the father of Zerubbabel. Not harmonized.
2	Zerubbabel	Shealtiel	Matthew 1:12-13 Shared node with Luke 3:27 (both: Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel). Note that 1 Chronicles 3:19 (Hebrew) instead makes Zerubbabel the son of Pedaiah, Shealtiel's brother. After Zerubbabel the two NT lines diverge completely: Matthew's next name is Abiud; Luke's (3:27) is Rhesa. Neither Abiud nor Rhesa appears in the other list. Not harmonized.
3	Abiud	Zerubbabel	Matthew 1:13 Not named in the Old Testament; Matthew's post-Zerubbabel names (Abiud through Matthan) are otherwise unattested and have no parallel in Luke's post-Zerubbabel list.
4	Eliakim	Abiud	Matthew 1:13
5	Azor	Eliakim	Matthew 1:13-14
6	Zadok	Azor	Matthew 1:14 Greek 'Sadoc.'
7	Achim	Zadok	Matthew 1:14
8	Eliud	Achim	Matthew 1:14-15
9	Eleazar	Eliud	Matthew 1:15
10	Matthan	Eleazar	Matthew 1:15 Luke 3:24 has a similarly-spelled 'Matthat' as Joseph's grandfather (Joseph son of Heli son of Matthat). Whether Matthan and Matthat are the same person is an interpretive harmonization the text does not assert; treated here as distinct names in distinct lines.
11	Jacob	Matthan	Matthew 1:15-16 DIVERGENCE FROM LUKE: Matthew makes Joseph the son of Jacob; Luke 3:23 makes Joseph the son of Heli. This Jacob is distinct from the patriarch Jacob in 1:2. Not harmonized.
12	Joseph	Jacob	Matthew 1:16 Matthew's wording shifts at the end: rather than 'Joseph the father of Jesus,' 1:16 reads 'Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.' Joseph is named as Mary's husband, not stated to be the biological father. Jesus is the culminating figure but is not counted as a numbered name within the 'exile-to-joseph' section here (see file_notes on the 14-count).

Matthew 1:17 states three groups of fourteen generations. The third group as listed in the text has thirteen names; this textual fact is displayed here without harmonization.

Luke 3 — Jesus to Adam

Luke traces the lineage backward through Nathan (a different son of David than Matthew's Solomon), reaching back to Adam and “the Son of God.” Luke prefaces the lineage: “being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph.”

Luke 3:23-38 lists the lineage in reverse: from Jesus to Adam. Displayed here in the text's order (Jesus first, Adam last).

#	Name	Father Named	Scripture
1	Jesus	Joseph (as was supposed)	Luke 3:23 The text says 'as was supposed' (Greek nomizo) - Luke signals this is the legal/social lineage through Joseph, not a claim of biological descent. Luke 3:23 also notes Jesus was 'about thirty years of age' when he began.
2	Joseph	Heli	Luke 3:23 DIVERGENCE FROM MATTHEW: Luke makes Joseph the son of Heli; Matthew 1:16 makes Joseph the son of Jacob. Not harmonized.
3	Heli	Matthat	Luke 3:23
4	Matthat	Levi	Luke 3:24
5	Levi	Melchi	Luke 3:24
6	Melchi	Jannai	Luke 3:24
7	Jannai	Joseph	Luke 3:24
8	Joseph	Mattathias	Luke 3:24
9	Mattathias	Amos	Luke 3:25
10	Amos	Nahum	Luke 3:25
11	Nahum	Esli	Luke 3:25
12	Esli	Naggai	Luke 3:25
13	Naggai	Maath	Luke 3:25
14	Maath	Mattathias	Luke 3:26
15	Mattathias	Semein	Luke 3:26
16	Semein	Josech	Luke 3:26
17	Josech	Joda	Luke 3:26
18	Joda	Joanan	Luke 3:26
19	Joanan	Rhesa	Luke 3:27
20	Rhesa	Zerubbabel	Luke 3:27
21	Zerubbabel	Shealtiel	Luke 3:27 Shared node with Matthew 1:12-13 (both: Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel). But 1 Chronicles 3:19 (Hebrew) makes Zerubbabel son of Pedaiah. After Zerubbabel the lines diverge: Luke's next ancestor is Rhesa; Matthew's is Abiud. Neither name appears in the other list. Not harmonized.
22	Shealtiel	Neri	Luke 3:27 DIVERGENCE FROM MATTHEW: Luke makes Shealtiel the son of Neri; Matthew 1:12 makes him the son of Jeconiah (the exiled king). Both accounts then agree Shealtiel is father of Zerubbabel. Not harmonized.
23	Neri	Melchi	Luke 3:27
24	Melchi	Addi	Luke 3:28
25	Addi	Cosam	Luke 3:28
26	Cosam	Elmadam	Luke 3:28
27	Elmadam	Er	Luke 3:28
28	Er	Joshua	Luke 3:28
29	Joshua	Eliezer	Luke 3:29
30	Eliezer	Jorim	Luke 3:29
31	Jorim	Matthat	Luke 3:29
32	Matthat	Levi	Luke 3:29
33	Levi	Simeon	Luke 3:29
34	Simeon	Judah	Luke 3:30
35	Judah	Joseph	Luke 3:30
36	Joseph	Jonam	Luke 3:30
37	Jonam	Eliakim	Luke 3:30
38	Eliakim	Melea	Luke 3:30
39	Melea	Menna	Luke 3:31
40	Menna	Mattatha	Luke 3:31
41	Mattatha	Nathan	Luke 3:31
42	Nathan	David	Luke 3:31 David's son here is Nathan (2 Samuel 5:14), NOT Solomon. From David the two genealogies split: Luke traces the line through Nathan; Matthew 1:6-7 traces it through Solomon and the royal succession. Not harmonized.
43	David	Jesse	Luke 3:31 David son of Jesse - agrees with Matthew 1:5-6 and 1 Samuel 16 up to this point. Below David the Luke and Matthew lines are identical back to Abraham (with the textual wrinkles noted at Amminadab/Admin/Arni).
44	Jesse	Obed	Luke 3:32
45	Obed	Boaz	Luke 3:32
46	Boaz	Sala	Luke 3:32
47	Sala	Nahshon	Luke 3:32 Luke spells the name 'Sala'; this is Salmon of Matthew 1:5 and Ruth 4:20-21.
48	Nahshon	Amminadab	Luke 3:32
49	Amminadab	Admin	Luke 3:33 Textual variant zone: NA28/critical text (followed here and by ESV) reads 'Amminadab, Admin, Arni, Hezron' across the next entries. The Byzantine/TR text and KJV read 'Amminadab, Aram, Hezron,' omitting Admin and Arni and matching Ruth 4:19 / 1 Chronicles 2:9-10. Following the critical text adds two names to the total count; see file_notes.
50	Admin	Arni	Luke 3:33 Admin: present in the critical text of Luke 3:33 but absent from the Old Testament genealogies (Ruth 4:19; 1 Chronicles 2:9-10) and from the Byzantine/KJV text of Luke. One of the two names in the 3:33 textual variant.
51	Arni	Hezron	Luke 3:33 Arni: critical-text form corresponding to Ram/Aram of Ruth 4:19 and Matthew 1:3-4 (Greek 'Aram'). The Byzantine/KJV text reads 'Aram' here and omits the separate 'Admin' entry.
52	Hezron	Perez	Luke 3:33
53	Perez	Judah	Luke 3:33
54	Judah	Jacob	Luke 3:33
55	Jacob	Isaac	Luke 3:34
56	Isaac	Abraham	Luke 3:34
57	Abraham	Terah	Luke 3:34
58	Terah	Nahor	Luke 3:34
59	Nahor	Serug	Luke 3:34
60	Serug	Reu	Luke 3:35
61	Reu	Peleg	Luke 3:35
62	Peleg	Eber	Luke 3:35
63	Eber	Shelah	Luke 3:35
64	Shelah	Cainan	Luke 3:35
65	Cainan	Arphaxad	Luke 3:36 THE 'SECOND CAINAN.' Luke 3:36 places Cainan between Arphaxad and Shelah. This name is present in the Septuagint of Genesis 11:12-13 but ABSENT from the Masoretic Genesis 11 (see genesis-11.json). It is the one extra generation Luke's list carries over the Masoretic postdiluvian line. Distinct from Kenan/Cainan son of Enosh at entry 74.
66	Arphaxad	Shem	Luke 3:36
67	Shem	Noah	Luke 3:36
68	Noah	Lamech	Luke 3:36
69	Lamech	Methuselah	Luke 3:36
70	Methuselah	Enoch	Luke 3:37
71	Enoch	Jared	Luke 3:37
72	Jared	Mahalaleel	Luke 3:37
73	Mahalaleel	Cainan	Luke 3:37 Same figure as Mahalalel in Genesis 5:12-17 (genesis-5.json); Luke spells it 'Mahalaleel.'
74	Cainan	Enos	Luke 3:37 Kenan son of Enosh (Genesis 5:9-14); Luke spells it 'Cainan.' Distinct from the postdiluvian Cainan at entry 65.
75	Enos	Seth	Luke 3:38 Same figure as Enosh in Genesis 5:6-11; Luke spells it 'Enos.'
76	Seth	Adam	Luke 3:38
77	Adam	God	Luke 3:38 Luke 3:38 ends 'the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.' Adam's 'father' in the text is named as God. Cf. Genesis 5:1-2, where Adam is made in the likeness of God.
78	God	—	Luke 3:38 'The son of God' (Luke 3:38) - the terminal element of the genealogy. Included because the text names it; God is not a genealogical ancestor in the ordinary sense and has no listed father.
78names listed. Luke records the lineage “son of … son of …” in reverse. Where Luke differs from Matthew in the post-David section, notes are shown on individual rows.