This is one of the ancestors of Joseph, the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Ancestor of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
Lineage: God › Adam › Seth › Enos › Cainan › Mahalaleel › Jared › Enoch › Methuselah › Lamech › Noah › Shem › Arphaxad › Cainan › Salah › Eber › Peleg › Reu › Serug › Nahor › Terah › Abraham › Isaac › Jacob › Judah › Pharez › Hezron › Ram › Amminadab › Nahshon › Salmon › Boaz › Obed › Jesse › David › Solomon › Rehoboam › Abijah › Asa › Jehoshaphat › Jehoram › Ahaziah › Joash › Amaziah › Uzziah › Jotham › Ahaz › Hezekiah › Manasseh › Amon › Josiah › Jehoiakim › Jehoiachin › Pedaiah › Zerubbabel › Abiud › Eliakim › Azor › Sadoc › Achim › Eliud › Eleazar › Matthan › Unnamed#1
- en Unnamed#1
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Conditional birth estimate · c. 389 BC – 122 BC
Conditional birth bounds under generation assumptions; not attested parental ages, biological limits or a lifespan.
Below are relatives with a selected birth year, the generations separating them, and the interval allowed by each anchor. Each relative’s page shows available dates and sources. The overall estimate uses the intersection of the allowed intervals.
| Relative / anchor year | Generations | Conditional interval |
|---|---|---|
| Jehoiachin · 617 BC Ancestor |
11 20–45 years per generation |
c. 397 BC – 122 BC |
| Jehoiakim · 635 BC Ancestor |
12 20–45 years per generation |
c. 395 BC – 95 BC |
| Josiah · 649 BC Ancestor |
13 20–45 years per generation |
c. 389 BC – 64 BC |
| Hezekiah · 742 BC Ancestor |
16 20–45 years per generation |
c. 422 BC – 22 BC |
| Amaziah · 826 BC Ancestor |
20 20–45 years per generation |
c. 426 BC – AD 75 |
| Joash · 845 BC Ancestor |
21 20–45 years per generation |
c. 425 BC – AD 101 |
| Jehoshaphat · 949 BC Ancestor |
24 20–45 years per generation |
c. 469 BC – AD 132 |
| Solomon · 1036 BC Ancestor |
28 20–45 years per generation |
c. 476 BC – AD 225 |
| David · 1086 BC Ancestor |
29 20–45 years per generation |
c. 506 BC – AD 220 |
| Absalom · 1051 BC Ancestor |
29 20–45 years per generation |
c. 471 BC – AD 255 |
| Ruth · 1116 BC Ancestor |
32 20–45 years per generation |
c. 476 BC – AD 325 |
| Pharez · 1722 BC Ancestor |
38 20–45 years per generation |
c. 962 BC – 12 BC |
| Jacob · 1835 BC Ancestor |
40 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1035 BC – 35 BC |
| Isaac · 1895 BC Ancestor |
41 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1075 BC – 50 BC |
| Rebekah · 1876 BC Ancestor |
41 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1056 BC – 31 BC |
| Abraham · 1995 BC Ancestor |
42 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1155 BC – 105 BC |
| Sarah · 1985 BC Ancestor |
42 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1145 BC – 95 BC |
| Terah · 2125 BC Ancestor |
43 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1050 BC – AD 3466 |
| Nahor · 2156 BC Ancestor |
44 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1056 BC – AD 3565 |
| Haran · 2056 BC Ancestor |
44 25–130 years per generation |
c. 956 BC – AD 3665 |
| Serug · 2186 BC Ancestor |
45 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1061 BC – AD 3665 |
| Reu · 2218 BC Ancestor |
46 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1068 BC – AD 3763 |
| Peleg · 2248 BC Ancestor |
47 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1073 BC – AD 3863 |
| Eber · 2282 BC Ancestor |
48 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1082 BC – AD 3959 |
| Salah · 2312 BC Ancestor |
49 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1087 BC – AD 4059 |
| Arphaxad · 2347 BC Ancestor |
51 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1072 BC – AD 4284 |
| Shem · 2447 BC Ancestor |
52 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1147 BC – AD 4314 |
| Noah · 2948 BC Ancestor |
53 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1623 BC – AD 3943 |
| Lamech · 3130 BC Ancestor |
54 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1780 BC – AD 3891 |
| Methuselah · 3317 BC Ancestor |
55 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1942 BC – AD 3834 |
| Enoch · 3382 BC Ancestor |
56 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1982 BC – AD 3899 |
| Jared · 3544 BC Ancestor |
57 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2119 BC – AD 3867 |
| Mahalaleel · 3609 BC Ancestor |
58 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2159 BC – AD 3932 |
| Cainan · 3679 BC Ancestor |
59 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2204 BC – AD 3992 |
| Cain · 4004 BC Ancestor |
59 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2529 BC – AD 3667 |
| Enos · 3769 BC Ancestor |
60 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2269 BC – AD 4032 |
| Adam · 4004 BC Ancestor |
60 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2504 BC – AD 3797 |
| Eve · 4005 BC Ancestor |
60 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2505 BC – AD 3796 |
| Seth · 3874 BC Ancestor |
61 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2349 BC – AD 4057 |
This unnamed person is inserted to increase the number of generations in Jesus' genealogy as recorded in Matthew to become the same as the number of generations in Luke. Matthew is known to deliberately miss out some individuals (kings Ahaziah, Joash and Amaziah) so it is likely he also missed out others, in order to create three sets of 14 generations (Mat 1:17).
Sources: STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0, Unnamed#1@Mat.1.15)