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 › Unnamed#3 › Unnamed#4 › Unnamed#5 › Unnamed#6
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Conditional birth estimate · c. 289 BC – AD 104
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 |
16 20–45 years per generation |
c. 297 BC – AD 104 |
| Jehoiakim · 635 BC Ancestor |
17 20–45 years per generation |
c. 295 BC – AD 131 |
| Josiah · 649 BC Ancestor |
18 20–45 years per generation |
c. 289 BC – AD 162 |
| Hezekiah · 742 BC Ancestor |
21 20–45 years per generation |
c. 322 BC – AD 204 |
| Amaziah · 826 BC Ancestor |
25 20–45 years per generation |
c. 326 BC – AD 300 |
| Joash · 845 BC Ancestor |
26 20–45 years per generation |
c. 325 BC – AD 326 |
| Jehoshaphat · 949 BC Ancestor |
29 20–45 years per generation |
c. 369 BC – AD 357 |
| Solomon · 1036 BC Ancestor |
33 20–45 years per generation |
c. 376 BC – AD 450 |
| David · 1086 BC Ancestor |
34 20–45 years per generation |
c. 406 BC – AD 445 |
| Absalom · 1051 BC Ancestor |
34 20–45 years per generation |
c. 371 BC – AD 480 |
| Ruth · 1116 BC Ancestor |
37 20–45 years per generation |
c. 376 BC – AD 550 |
| Pharez · 1722 BC Ancestor |
43 20–45 years per generation |
c. 862 BC – AD 214 |
| Jacob · 1835 BC Ancestor |
45 20–45 years per generation |
c. 935 BC – AD 191 |
| Isaac · 1895 BC Ancestor |
46 20–45 years per generation |
c. 975 BC – AD 176 |
| Rebekah · 1876 BC Ancestor |
46 20–45 years per generation |
c. 956 BC – AD 195 |
| Abraham · 1995 BC Ancestor |
47 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1055 BC – AD 121 |
| Sarah · 1985 BC Ancestor |
47 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1045 BC – AD 131 |
| Terah · 2125 BC Ancestor |
48 25–130 years per generation |
c. 925 BC – AD 4116 |
| Nahor · 2156 BC Ancestor |
49 25–130 years per generation |
c. 931 BC – AD 4215 |
| Haran · 2056 BC Ancestor |
49 25–130 years per generation |
c. 831 BC – AD 4315 |
| Serug · 2186 BC Ancestor |
50 25–130 years per generation |
c. 936 BC – AD 4315 |
| Reu · 2218 BC Ancestor |
51 25–130 years per generation |
c. 943 BC – AD 4413 |
| Peleg · 2248 BC Ancestor |
52 25–130 years per generation |
c. 948 BC – AD 4513 |
| Eber · 2282 BC Ancestor |
53 25–130 years per generation |
c. 957 BC – AD 4609 |
| Salah · 2312 BC Ancestor |
54 25–130 years per generation |
c. 962 BC – AD 4709 |
| Arphaxad · 2347 BC Ancestor |
56 25–130 years per generation |
c. 947 BC – AD 4934 |
| Shem · 2447 BC Ancestor |
57 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1022 BC – AD 4964 |
| Noah · 2948 BC Ancestor |
58 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1498 BC – AD 4593 |
| Lamech · 3130 BC Ancestor |
59 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1655 BC – AD 4541 |
| Methuselah · 3317 BC Ancestor |
60 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1817 BC – AD 4484 |
| Enoch · 3382 BC Ancestor |
61 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1857 BC – AD 4549 |
| Jared · 3544 BC Ancestor |
62 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1994 BC – AD 4517 |
| Mahalaleel · 3609 BC Ancestor |
63 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2034 BC – AD 4582 |
| Cainan · 3679 BC Ancestor |
64 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2079 BC – AD 4642 |
| Cain · 4004 BC Ancestor |
64 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2404 BC – AD 4317 |
| Enos · 3769 BC Ancestor |
65 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2144 BC – AD 4682 |
| Adam · 4004 BC Ancestor |
65 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2379 BC – AD 4447 |
| Eve · 4005 BC Ancestor |
65 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2380 BC – AD 4446 |
| Seth · 3874 BC Ancestor |
66 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2224 BC – AD 4707 |
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#6@Mat.1.15)