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How many generations are there between Abraham and Jesus?

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In Matthew's Gospel there are 41 generations from Abraham to Jesus. Matthew demonstrated that there were 14 generations (see Matthew 1:17): from Abraham to David; from David to Josiah; from Josiah to Jesus. read more

Matthew demonstrated that there were 14 generations (see Matthew 1:17): from Abraham to David; from David to Josiah; from Josiah to Jesus. To do this, he had to ignore 3 kings in the Old Testament and have David in the preceding (as 14) and following (as 1) groups, but not so Josiah. read more

46 generations between Abraham and Jesus. According to Matthew 1:17, there were 42 (14x3) generations. Upon examination of the list of names, it only came up with 41 generations; 1. Abraham, 2. Isaac, 3. Jacob, 4. Judas, 5. Phares, 6. Ezrom, 7. Aram, 8. Aminadab, 9. Naason, 10. Salmon, 11. Booz, 12. Obed, 13. Jesse, 14. David, 15. Solomon, 16. Roboam, 17. Abia, 18. read more

Luke had great men occur in multiples of 7 generations starting from Adam, with: Enoch at 7; Abraham at 21; David at 35; Jesus at 77. In Luke’s list there are therefore 56 generations from Abraham to Jesus. This required adding two people in the Old Testament list: Kainan at 13 from Adam; Admin at 28 from Adam. read more

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