OrthJBC - Matthew - 1

1:1  This is the Sefer Toldot (Book of Genealogy) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach (the King Messiah) Yehoshua (see NEHEMYAH 8:17; EZRA 3:8. Also see ENDNOTES for Mt. 1:1 indicated by * ) Ben Dovid, Ben Avraham. FROM AVRAHAM TO DOVID HAMELECH: THE AVOT (FATHERS, ANCESTORS) OF HAMELECH HAMOSHIACH AND HIS REBBISHE DYNASTY

1:2  Avraham, Yitzchak, Ya'akov, Yehudah and his brothers;

1:3  then,through Yehudah, Peretz and Zerach by Tamar; then Chetzron, Ram;

1:4  then Amminadav, Nachshon, Salmon;

1:5  then Bo`az by Rachav (Rahab); then Oved by Ruth, then Yishai (Jesse);

1:6  then Yishai fathered Dovid HaMelech. FROM DOVID HAMELECH TO THE TIME OF THE GOLUS (EXILE) IN BABYLON: THE AVOT OF REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH Dovid HaMelech, then Shlomo (Solomon) by the wife of Uriyah;

1:7  then Rechav'am (Rehoboam), Aviyah (Abijah), Asa,

1:8  then Yehoshafat, Yoram, Uziyahu (Uzziah);

1:9  then Yotam, Achaz (Ahaz), Chizkiyahu (Hezekiah),

1:10  then M'nasheh (Manasseh), Amon, Yoshiyahu (Josiah),

1:11  then Y'khanyahu (Jeconiah or Jehoiachin) and his achim from the days of the Golus in Babylon. FROM THE TIME OF THE GOLUS TO MOSHIACH

1:12  After Y'khanyahu, then Sh'altiel, then Z'rubavel

1:13  then Av'ichud, then Elyakim, then Azur;

1:14  then Tzadok, then Yakhin, then El'ichud;

1:15  then El'azar, then Mattan, then Ya'akov.

1:16  Ya'akov fathered Yosef, the ba'al (husband) of Miryam, from whom was born Yehoshua, who is called Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. [Yochanan 1:49]

1:17  So then, there were arba'a asar (fourteen) generations from Avraham to Dovid [trans. note: Dovid= DVD in Hebrew = [d= 4, v = 6, d = 4]= (4 + 6 + 4 = 14)], and there were arba'a asar (fourteen) dorot (generations) from Dovid to the Golus in Babylon, and there were arba'a asar (fourteen) generations from the Golus in Babylon to Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach. YOSEF BEN DOVID AND MIRYAM AND KIDDUSHIN (BETROTHAL) AND THE HULEDET (BIRTH) OF MOSHIACH THE BECHOR (FIRST BORN SON), YEHOSHUA BEN DOVID (SEE BABA BATHRA 8:6, 130a)

1:18  The huledet (birth) of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was as follows. When Moshiach's Em, Miryam, had been given in erusin (betrothal, engagement) to Yosef, but before they came together, she was found "with child" through the Ruach HaKodesh.

1:19  Her shidduch, Yosef, being a tzaddik and not wanting to humiliate her publicly, planned to deal with the get (bill of divorce) in a private arrangement. MIRYAM VINDICATED AS AN AISHES CHAYIL

1:20  Now just when Yosef had thought through to this tachlis (purpose)--hinei!--a malach Hashem (angel of the L-rd) appeared to him in a cholom (dream) [see BERESHIT 37:5], and said, "Yosef ben Dovid, do not shrink from taking Miryam in nessu'in (marriage) as your kallah (bride), because what has been conceived in her is through the Ruach Hakodesh.

1:21  And she shall bear BEN (Son) and you will call SHMO (his name) Yehoshua [trans. note: see ZECHARYAH 3:8; 6:11-12; NEHEMYAH 8:17; EZRA 3:8 where the TZEMACH or MOSHIACH is indicated by the personal name YEHOSHUA, which in Aramaic is YESHUA * ], because he will bring his people yeshu'a (rescue, salvation, deliverance) from their peysha'im (rebellions, transgressions)."

1:22  Now all this occurred so that which was spoken by Hashem through the Navi (prophet) might be fulfilled,

1:23  HINEI, HA'ALMAH HARAH V'YOLEDET BEN V'KARAT SHMO IMMANU-EL ("Behold, the Virgin * will be `with child` and will bear Son and will call his name Immanu-El" YESHAYAH 7:14), which translated means "Hashem is with us."

1:24  Then Yosef, rising up from sleep, did as the malach Hashem commanded him and he took his wife.

1:25  And he did not know her until she bore BEN (Son, YESHAYAH 7:14) and Yosef [Ben Dovid] called him by the name Yehoshua [Ben Dovid].*