From Adam to Noah
1 This is the written account of Adam's line.
When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female
and blessed them. And when they were created, he called them "man"
3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image;
and he named him Seth. 4 After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons
and daughters. 5 Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.
6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father [b] of Enosh. 7 And after he became
the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. 8 Altogether,
Seth lived 912 years, and then he died.
9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan. 10 And after he became
the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
11 Altogether, Enosh lived 905 years, and then he died.
12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel. 13 And after he
became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
14 Altogether, Kenan lived 910 years, and then he died.
15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared. 16 And after he
became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
17 Altogether, Mahalalel lived 895 years, and then he died.
18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. 19 And after he became
the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
20 Altogether, Jared lived 962 years, and then he died.
21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. 22 And after he
became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and
daughters. 23 Altogether, Enoch lived 365 years. 24 Enoch walked with God; then he was no
more, because God took him away.
25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech. 26 And after he
became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
27 Altogether, Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.
28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. 29 He named him Noah [c] and said,
"He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the
LORD has cursed." 30 After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and
daughters. 31 Altogether, Lamech lived 777 years, and then he died.
32 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Genesis 11:10-26 (NIV)
From Shem to Abram
10 This is the account of Shem.
Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the
father of Arphaxad. 11 And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years
and had other sons and daughters. 12 When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father
of Shelah. 13 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had
other sons and daughters. 14 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber.
15 And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and
daughters.
16 When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg. 17 And after he became
the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
18 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu. 19 And after he became
the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. 21 And after he became
the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
22 When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor. 23 And after he became
the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
24 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. 25 And after he became
the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
26 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.
The Paper...
Let us first begin by mapping out Genesis 5:1-32:
1. The Son of God, the Creator, the Creator of Adam.
NOTE#1: Why is the Creator first? The Creator is the first
manifestation of the Father...this first manifestation is the
Son of God who created heaven, earth and mankind. This Creator
also came to live in a tent of flesh with the name JESUS in order
to solve the problem of perpetual sin of mankind and to grant
salvation to those who follow Him...the Creator. The Son of God,
the Creator has the ability to come here whenever and however He
chose...and He did as an act of love for His created sons and
daughters of Adam.
2. Adam
3. Seth
NOTE#2: Who is missing here? It is Cain and Abel. Both are not
part of the lineage because Abel was murdered by Cain and had no
descendants and Cain and his descendants were cursed.
(See Genesis 4:11-26)
Since Cain was a murderer and cursed by God, Cain and his
descendants are removed from the lineage of Adam.
4. Enosh
5. Kenan
6. Mahalalel
7. Jared
8. Enoch
9. Methuselah
10. Lamech
11. Noah
12. Shem (who is also called Melchizedek AFTER the Flood)
NOTE #3: The genealogy line continues with Shem. Out of Noah's
three sons, Shem is the only one to carry on The Creator's "elected" seed
lineage. This is the way the Creator wills it... the first born
inherit the birth right and Shem is commonly thought to be the
oldest of Noah's sons... however most translations state that
Japheth is the oldest.
The first born USUALLY inherit the birth rights and that is the way
it is UNLESS the Creator changes it.
Most Bible translations state in Genesis 10:21, Japheth being the
oldest son of Noah even though the sons of Noah are listed in the
order of "Shem, Ham, and Japheth".
The order that the sons are listed does not mean that the first
name stated means that they are the oldest. Regardless, we know
that Shem is the one who carries the line from here.
Now we move on to Genesis 11:10-32:
13. Arphaxad
14. (Cainan)
NOTE#4: There is a name missing here in Genesis that Luke includes
in his genealogy line. It is Cainan. Cainan is not included
because of Jewish tradition. Luke included it because he is
not writing to Jews, but writes his Gospel for Gentiles.
The reason for the Jewish tradition of not including the name
of Cainan goes back to Genesis 9:20-27. Noah drank too much
wine and got drunk, and in the process became unclothed and naked.
Ham saw his father naked and instead of looking away and covering
him, he does nothing and tells his brothers about it.
This led Noah to curse the son of Ham whose name was Cainan.
Noah did not curse Ham, but cursed the descendants of Ham.
Cainan is not included in the genealogy of Genesis and is still so
today but the curse included the terms that Cainan shall dwell in
the house of Shem as a servant. If your nephew was cursed to be a
servant in your house, what would happen? Would your nephew be
treated as a member of your family? Is it possible that your nephew
could marry into the family? In modern times and especially in the
West, it is no longer common for cousins to marry. Back in the
old days it happened quite often.
We believe that Luke picks up on this and includes Cainan in between
Shem's son Arphaxad, and Arphaxad's son, Shelah.
15. Shelah
16. Eber
17. Peleg
18. Reu
19. Serug
20. Nahor
21. Terah
22. Abram
NOTE#5: Again, Abram who is later called Abraham is the one chosen
to carry the "elect" lineage of the Creator. Most agree
that Abram was the oldest of Terah's sons. We know as a fact
that Abraham is the one to carry the lineage from this point
regardless of the argument that some say Haran was the oldest son.
Now we move on to Matthew 1:1-16:
23. Isaac
24. Jacob
25. Judah
26. Perez
27. Hezron
28. Ram
29. Amminadab
30. Nahshon
31. Salmon
32. Boaz
33. Obed
34. Jesse
35. KING DAVID
Note#6: This is the point where the split between Mary the Mother
of Jesus, and Joseph the father of Jesus occurs. Almost all of the
names in the genealogy lines found in Matthew and Luke match up
until this point.
In Matthew, the lineage leading to Joseph starts with
Solomon, and in Luke the lineage leading to Mary starts with
Nathan, who is also the older brother of Solomon as
stated in 2 Samuel 5:13-16:
13 After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in
Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him. 14 These
are the names of the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab,
Nathan, Solomon, 15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16 Elishama,
Eliada and Eliphelet..
Solomon the younger brother takes the throne and this is
significant in understanding the reason for this "split".
Note that the first born inherits the rights EXCEPT when God
changes it. This is one of these exceptions...the younger brother
takes the throne. (See 1 Chronicles 3:4-9 and 2 Samuel 5:14
for proof that Nathan is the older brother).
First, when God says something...it happens. God never lies.
Second, God can change His own rules whenever He wants. He does
what He says, always, but can "go around" His own commands when it
is necessary and does so without ever breaking His own Word.
This point of lineage, with King David, is one of the times that
God says something and does it but reconciles the lineage by doing
something else with the descendants of King David.
This begins with a curse from God found in Jeremiah.
In the genealogy in Matthew 1, notice one name, Jeconiah,
in verse 11. If Joseph had been Jesus' father according to the
flesh, He could never have occupied the throne, for God's word
barred the way. There had been a curse on this royal line since
the days of Jeconiah. In Jeremiah 22:30 we read, "Thus says the
Lord: write this man down as childless, a man who shall not prosper
in his days: for none of his descendants shall prosper, sitting
on the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah."
Joseph was in the line of this curse. Hence, if Jesus had been
Joseph's son, He could not have sat on David's throne without
inheriting this curse. Joseph is directly related to Solomon
whose line was cursed. This curse is in effect FOR ANY ONE WHO
SITS ON THE THRONE OF DAVID.
Nathan never sat on the throne of David but they are the blood line
of King David.
Again, in Luke 3 we read the genealogy of Mary's line, back to David,
through Nathan, not Jeconiah (Luke 3:31).
Jesus was not conceived by Joseph but by the Holy Spirit in person
(Lk.1:35, Mat.1:18-25).
Joseph was the "legal father" of Jesus, the "adopted father", but
not the "natural father". With the joining of the two lines of
Mary and Joseph, the curse is side-stepped and the lineage of King
David is direct through the legal adoption of Jesus through Joseph.
This adoption allows Jesus to be the legal son without the curse
coming through Joseph to Jesus as would happen if Jesus was
the natural son of Joseph.
We will compare the two lines of Mary and Joseph later in the paper.
36. Solomon
37. Rehoboam
38. Abijah
39. Asa
40. Jehoshaphat
41. Jehoram
42. Uzziah
43. Jotham
44. Ahaz
45. Hezekiah
46. Manasseh
47. Amon
48. Josiah
NOTE#7: Matthew 1:17 states that there are 14 generations from
Abraham to David, which is clear on this list, and 14 generations
from David to the exile to Babylon which happens right here with the
birth of Jeconiah and his brothers. When counting from David, the
exile of Babylon is included and counted. As the verse says,
"there are 14 generations from David TO THE EXILE TO BABYLON".
So, David is #1 and the exile is #14. From the Exile to Jesus,
the Exile is not counted because is was counted earlier, and Jesus
is counted. So, from Abraham to David = 14
from David to the Exile = 14
from the Exile to Jesus = 14
49. Jeconiah
50. Shealtiel
51. Zerubbabel
52. Abiud
53. Eliakim
54. Azor
55. Zadok
56. Akim
57. Eliud
58. Eleazar
59. Matthan
60. Jacob
61. Joseph
62. Jesus the Christ
So, in Matthew's genealogy of Joseph there are 62 generations.
Now we will list out the genealogy of Mary found in Luke 3:23-38.
Luke goes backwards from Jesus to Adam and we will list them as
found in the verses and will later place the names as Matthew
does to compare the two lines...
Luke's Lineage
77. Jesus
76. Joseph
NOTE #8: Luke seems to contradict Matthew right here with a
different name for Joseph's father. This is the lineage of Mary
and the name Heli, found below, is the father-in-law of Joseph.
There are several points we will talk about why we state this.
Consider this #1:
One interesting piece of information we came across is that the
Jerusalem Talmud indicates that Mary was the daughter of Heli
(Haggigah,Book 77, 4).
Consider this #2:
Since the "seed" is passed through the father, Luke did not
interject "Jesus the Son of Mary". Luke could only name men who
were the fathers of sons in the lineage and did not include any
women/mother's names.
Consider this #3:
Tradition says that names of Mary's parents were Anna and
Joachim. This is not found in "approved" scripture but in the
Apocryphal "Gospel" of James. A possibility exists that the name
Heli and Joachim are the same name. It is very possible that the
name Joachim is only a variation of Heli or Eliachim, substituting
one Divine name (Yahweh) for the other (Eli, Elohim).
Consider this #4:
Original sin is passed through the father. That means Joseph
could not conceive Jesus as humans do, hence, the reason for
the Holy Spirit conceiving Jesus. Second, there is a curse on the
throne of David as told in the Jeremiah 22:30. Joseph is directly
related to Solomon (who was the son of King David) by the lineage
found in Matthew and thus Joseph inherits the curse.
When God says something, it happens. Through the conception
of Jesus in Mary via the Holy Spirit, both original sin and
the curse of David's throne is bypassed. Notice that Jesus is still
a descendant of David through Mary's line by way of David's other
son, Nathan. On top of that, Joseph, the father of Jesus, is a
direct descendant to the throne of King David via Solomon as written
in Matthew, and legally "adopts" Jesus and makes both the marriage
to Mary and the birth of Jesus official and a family.
This legally brings Jesus into the lineage of King David
without inheriting the original sin of mankind and the curse on
David's throne. This last point is the main evidence on why we
believe with a very good amount of certainty that Luke's lineage
is of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
75. Heli
74. Matthat
73. Levi
72. Melki
71. Jannai
70. Joseph
69. Mattathias
68. Amos
67. Nahum
66. Esli
65. Naggai
64. Maath
63. Mattathias
62. Semein
61. Josech
60. Joda
59. Joanan
58. Rhesa
57. Zerubbabel
56. Shealtiel
55. Neri
54. Melki
53. Addi
52. Cosam
51. Elmadam
50. Er
49. Joshua
48. Eliezer
47. Jorim
46. Matthat
45. Levi
44. Simeon
43. Judah
42. Joseph
41. Jonam
40. Eliakim
39. Melea
38. Menna
37. Mattatha
36. Nathan (MATTHEW SPLITS LINE OF BROTHER SOLOMON HERE)
35. KING DAVID
34. Jesse
33. Obed
32. Boaz
31. Salmon
30. Nahshon
29. Amminadab
28. Ram
27. Hezron
26. Perez
25. Judah
24. Jacob
23. Isaac
22. Abraham
21. Terah
20. Nahor
19. Serug
18. Reu
17. Peleg
16. Eber
15. Shelah
14. Cainan (ADDED INTO HOUSE OF SHEM DUE TO NOAH'S CURSE)
13. Arphaxad
12. Shem
11. Noah
10. Lamech
9. Methuselah
8. Enoch
7. Jared
6. Mahalalel
5. Kenan
4. Enosh
3. Seth
2. Adam
1. Son of God, The Creator.
Now we will join all the Old Testament and New Testament verses
together and show the split with King David which leads to Mary
and Joseph and comes together with the birth of Jesus.
1. The Son of God, The Creator
2. Adam
3. Seth
4. Enosh
5. Kenan
6. Mahalalel
7. Jared
8. Enoch
9. Methuselah
10. Lamech
11. Noah
12. Shem
(who is also called Melchizedek AFTER the Flood)
13. Arphaxad
14. (Cainan)
15. Shelah
16. Eber
17. Peleg
18. Reu
19. Serug
20. Nahor
21. Terah
22. Abram
23. Isaac
24. Jacob
25. Judah
26. Perez
27. Hezron
28. Ram
29. Amminadab
30. Nahshon
31. Salmon
32. Boaz
33. Obed
34. Jesse
35. KING DAVID
(THE SPLIT)
Matthew's lineage of Joseph Luke's lineage of Mary
36. Solomon 36. Nathan
37. Rehoboam 37. Mattatha
38. Abijah 38. Menna
39. Asa 39. Melea
40. Jehoshaphat 40. Eliakim
41. Jehoram 41. Jonam
42. Uzziah 42. Joseph
43. Jotham 43. Judah
44. Ahaz 44. Simeon
45. Hezekiah 45. Levi
46. Manasseh 46. Matthat
47. Amon 47. Jorim
48. Josiah 48. Eliezar
49. Jeconiah 49. Joshua
50. Shealtiel 50. Er
51. Zerubbabel 51. Elmadam
52. Abiud 52. Cosam
53. Eliakim 53. Addi
54. Azor 54. Melki
55. Zadok 55. Neri
56. Akim 56. Shealtiel
57. Eliud 57. Zerubbabel
58. Eleazar 58. Rhesa
59. Matthan 59. Joanan
60. Jacob 60. Joda
61. Joseph 61. Josech
62. Jesus the Christ 62. Semein
63. Mattathias
64. Maath
65. Naggai
66. Esli
67. Nahum
68. Amos
69. Mattathias
70. Joseph
71. Jannai
72. Melki
73. Levi
74. Matthat
75. Heli (Father-in-Law of
Joseph, father of Mary)
76. Joseph (This is Mary
because Luke is only
mentioning FATHERS)
77. Jesus the Christ
Conclusion:
Matthew's list goes through Solomon, Luke's goes through
Nathan, the older son of David, avoiding the curse of Jeconiah.
Alleged discrepancies between and in the genealogical lists of
Matthew and Luke are shown to be more apparent than real.
Reasonable solutions to the problems exist and even throw further
light on the text when they are studied in depth.
The Lord was prophesied and He came and fulfilled these prophecies.
Jesus is the Messiah...the Creator...and He came to grant salvation
through His Sacrifice. Praise the Lord!
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