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 › Unnamed#7
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Conditional birth estimate · c. 269 BC – AD 149
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 |
17 20–45 years per generation |
c. 277 BC – AD 149 |
| Jehoiakim · 635 BC Ancestor |
18 20–45 years per generation |
c. 275 BC – AD 176 |
| Josiah · 649 BC Ancestor |
19 20–45 years per generation |
c. 269 BC – AD 207 |
| Hezekiah · 742 BC Ancestor |
22 20–45 years per generation |
c. 302 BC – AD 249 |
| Amaziah · 826 BC Ancestor |
26 20–45 years per generation |
c. 306 BC – AD 345 |
| Joash · 845 BC Ancestor |
27 20–45 years per generation |
c. 305 BC – AD 371 |
| Jehoshaphat · 949 BC Ancestor |
30 20–45 years per generation |
c. 349 BC – AD 402 |
| Solomon · 1036 BC Ancestor |
34 20–45 years per generation |
c. 356 BC – AD 495 |
| David · 1086 BC Ancestor |
35 20–45 years per generation |
c. 386 BC – AD 490 |
| Absalom · 1051 BC Ancestor |
35 20–45 years per generation |
c. 351 BC – AD 525 |
| Ruth · 1116 BC Ancestor |
38 20–45 years per generation |
c. 356 BC – AD 595 |
| Pharez · 1722 BC Ancestor |
44 20–45 years per generation |
c. 842 BC – AD 259 |
| Jacob · 1835 BC Ancestor |
46 20–45 years per generation |
c. 915 BC – AD 236 |
| Isaac · 1895 BC Ancestor |
47 20–45 years per generation |
c. 955 BC – AD 221 |
| Rebekah · 1876 BC Ancestor |
47 20–45 years per generation |
c. 936 BC – AD 240 |
| Abraham · 1995 BC Ancestor |
48 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1035 BC – AD 166 |
| Sarah · 1985 BC Ancestor |
48 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1025 BC – AD 176 |
| Terah · 2125 BC Ancestor |
49 25–130 years per generation |
c. 900 BC – AD 4246 |
| Nahor · 2156 BC Ancestor |
50 25–130 years per generation |
c. 906 BC – AD 4345 |
| Haran · 2056 BC Ancestor |
50 25–130 years per generation |
c. 806 BC – AD 4445 |
| Serug · 2186 BC Ancestor |
51 25–130 years per generation |
c. 911 BC – AD 4445 |
| Reu · 2218 BC Ancestor |
52 25–130 years per generation |
c. 918 BC – AD 4543 |
| Peleg · 2248 BC Ancestor |
53 25–130 years per generation |
c. 923 BC – AD 4643 |
| Eber · 2282 BC Ancestor |
54 25–130 years per generation |
c. 932 BC – AD 4739 |
| Salah · 2312 BC Ancestor |
55 25–130 years per generation |
c. 937 BC – AD 4839 |
| Arphaxad · 2347 BC Ancestor |
57 25–130 years per generation |
c. 922 BC – AD 5064 |
| Shem · 2447 BC Ancestor |
58 25–130 years per generation |
c. 997 BC – AD 5094 |
| Noah · 2948 BC Ancestor |
59 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1473 BC – AD 4723 |
| Lamech · 3130 BC Ancestor |
60 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1630 BC – AD 4671 |
| Methuselah · 3317 BC Ancestor |
61 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1792 BC – AD 4614 |
| Enoch · 3382 BC Ancestor |
62 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1832 BC – AD 4679 |
| Jared · 3544 BC Ancestor |
63 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1969 BC – AD 4647 |
| Mahalaleel · 3609 BC Ancestor |
64 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2009 BC – AD 4712 |
| Cainan · 3679 BC Ancestor |
65 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2054 BC – AD 4772 |
| Cain · 4004 BC Ancestor |
65 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2379 BC – AD 4447 |
| Enos · 3769 BC Ancestor |
66 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2119 BC – AD 4812 |
| Adam · 4004 BC Ancestor |
66 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2354 BC – AD 4577 |
| Eve · 4005 BC Ancestor |
66 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2355 BC – AD 4576 |
| Seth · 3874 BC Ancestor |
67 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2199 BC – AD 4837 |
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#7@Mat.1.15)