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 › Unnamed#2
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Conditional birth estimate · c. 369 BC – 77 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 |
12 20–45 years per generation |
c. 377 BC – 77 BC |
| Jehoiakim · 635 BC Ancestor |
13 20–45 years per generation |
c. 375 BC – 50 BC |
| Josiah · 649 BC Ancestor |
14 20–45 years per generation |
c. 369 BC – 19 BC |
| Hezekiah · 742 BC Ancestor |
17 20–45 years per generation |
c. 402 BC – AD 24 |
| Amaziah · 826 BC Ancestor |
21 20–45 years per generation |
c. 406 BC – AD 120 |
| Joash · 845 BC Ancestor |
22 20–45 years per generation |
c. 405 BC – AD 146 |
| Jehoshaphat · 949 BC Ancestor |
25 20–45 years per generation |
c. 449 BC – AD 177 |
| Solomon · 1036 BC Ancestor |
29 20–45 years per generation |
c. 456 BC – AD 270 |
| David · 1086 BC Ancestor |
30 20–45 years per generation |
c. 486 BC – AD 265 |
| Absalom · 1051 BC Ancestor |
30 20–45 years per generation |
c. 451 BC – AD 300 |
| Ruth · 1116 BC Ancestor |
33 20–45 years per generation |
c. 456 BC – AD 370 |
| Pharez · 1722 BC Ancestor |
39 20–45 years per generation |
c. 942 BC – AD 34 |
| Jacob · 1835 BC Ancestor |
41 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1015 BC – AD 11 |
| Isaac · 1895 BC Ancestor |
42 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1055 BC – 5 BC |
| Rebekah · 1876 BC Ancestor |
42 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1036 BC – AD 15 |
| Abraham · 1995 BC Ancestor |
43 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1135 BC – 60 BC |
| Sarah · 1985 BC Ancestor |
43 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1125 BC – 50 BC |
| Terah · 2125 BC Ancestor |
44 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1025 BC – AD 3596 |
| Nahor · 2156 BC Ancestor |
45 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1031 BC – AD 3695 |
| Haran · 2056 BC Ancestor |
45 25–130 years per generation |
c. 931 BC – AD 3795 |
| Serug · 2186 BC Ancestor |
46 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1036 BC – AD 3795 |
| Reu · 2218 BC Ancestor |
47 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1043 BC – AD 3893 |
| Peleg · 2248 BC Ancestor |
48 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1048 BC – AD 3993 |
| Eber · 2282 BC Ancestor |
49 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1057 BC – AD 4089 |
| Salah · 2312 BC Ancestor |
50 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1062 BC – AD 4189 |
| Arphaxad · 2347 BC Ancestor |
52 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1047 BC – AD 4414 |
| Shem · 2447 BC Ancestor |
53 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1122 BC – AD 4444 |
| Noah · 2948 BC Ancestor |
54 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1598 BC – AD 4073 |
| Lamech · 3130 BC Ancestor |
55 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1755 BC – AD 4021 |
| Methuselah · 3317 BC Ancestor |
56 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1917 BC – AD 3964 |
| Enoch · 3382 BC Ancestor |
57 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1957 BC – AD 4029 |
| Jared · 3544 BC Ancestor |
58 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2094 BC – AD 3997 |
| Mahalaleel · 3609 BC Ancestor |
59 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2134 BC – AD 4062 |
| Cainan · 3679 BC Ancestor |
60 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2179 BC – AD 4122 |
| Cain · 4004 BC Ancestor |
60 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2504 BC – AD 3797 |
| Enos · 3769 BC Ancestor |
61 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2244 BC – AD 4162 |
| Adam · 4004 BC Ancestor |
61 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2479 BC – AD 3927 |
| Eve · 4005 BC Ancestor |
61 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2480 BC – AD 3926 |
| Seth · 3874 BC Ancestor |
62 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2324 BC – AD 4187 |
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#2@Mat.1.15)