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 › Unnamed#8
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Conditional birth estimate · c. 249 BC – AD 194
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 |
18 20–45 years per generation |
c. 257 BC – AD 194 |
| Jehoiakim · 635 BC Ancestor |
19 20–45 years per generation |
c. 255 BC – AD 221 |
| Josiah · 649 BC Ancestor |
20 20–45 years per generation |
c. 249 BC – AD 252 |
| Hezekiah · 742 BC Ancestor |
23 20–45 years per generation |
c. 282 BC – AD 294 |
| Amaziah · 826 BC Ancestor |
27 20–45 years per generation |
c. 286 BC – AD 390 |
| Joash · 845 BC Ancestor |
28 20–45 years per generation |
c. 285 BC – AD 416 |
| Jehoshaphat · 949 BC Ancestor |
31 20–45 years per generation |
c. 329 BC – AD 447 |
| Solomon · 1036 BC Ancestor |
35 20–45 years per generation |
c. 336 BC – AD 540 |
| David · 1086 BC Ancestor |
36 20–45 years per generation |
c. 366 BC – AD 535 |
| Absalom · 1051 BC Ancestor |
36 20–45 years per generation |
c. 331 BC – AD 570 |
| Ruth · 1116 BC Ancestor |
39 20–45 years per generation |
c. 336 BC – AD 640 |
| Pharez · 1722 BC Ancestor |
45 20–45 years per generation |
c. 822 BC – AD 304 |
| Jacob · 1835 BC Ancestor |
47 20–45 years per generation |
c. 895 BC – AD 281 |
| Isaac · 1895 BC Ancestor |
48 20–45 years per generation |
c. 935 BC – AD 266 |
| Rebekah · 1876 BC Ancestor |
48 20–45 years per generation |
c. 916 BC – AD 285 |
| Abraham · 1995 BC Ancestor |
49 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1015 BC – AD 211 |
| Sarah · 1985 BC Ancestor |
49 20–45 years per generation |
c. 1005 BC – AD 221 |
| Terah · 2125 BC Ancestor |
50 25–130 years per generation |
c. 875 BC – AD 4376 |
| Nahor · 2156 BC Ancestor |
51 25–130 years per generation |
c. 881 BC – AD 4475 |
| Haran · 2056 BC Ancestor |
51 25–130 years per generation |
c. 781 BC – AD 4575 |
| Serug · 2186 BC Ancestor |
52 25–130 years per generation |
c. 886 BC – AD 4575 |
| Reu · 2218 BC Ancestor |
53 25–130 years per generation |
c. 893 BC – AD 4673 |
| Peleg · 2248 BC Ancestor |
54 25–130 years per generation |
c. 898 BC – AD 4773 |
| Eber · 2282 BC Ancestor |
55 25–130 years per generation |
c. 907 BC – AD 4869 |
| Salah · 2312 BC Ancestor |
56 25–130 years per generation |
c. 912 BC – AD 4969 |
| Arphaxad · 2347 BC Ancestor |
58 25–130 years per generation |
c. 897 BC – AD 5194 |
| Shem · 2447 BC Ancestor |
59 25–130 years per generation |
c. 972 BC – AD 5224 |
| Noah · 2948 BC Ancestor |
60 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1448 BC – AD 4853 |
| Lamech · 3130 BC Ancestor |
61 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1605 BC – AD 4801 |
| Methuselah · 3317 BC Ancestor |
62 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1767 BC – AD 4744 |
| Enoch · 3382 BC Ancestor |
63 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1807 BC – AD 4809 |
| Jared · 3544 BC Ancestor |
64 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1944 BC – AD 4777 |
| Mahalaleel · 3609 BC Ancestor |
65 25–130 years per generation |
c. 1984 BC – AD 4842 |
| Cainan · 3679 BC Ancestor |
66 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2029 BC – AD 4902 |
| Cain · 4004 BC Ancestor |
66 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2354 BC – AD 4577 |
| Enos · 3769 BC Ancestor |
67 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2094 BC – AD 4942 |
| Adam · 4004 BC Ancestor |
67 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2329 BC – AD 4707 |
| Eve · 4005 BC Ancestor |
67 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2330 BC – AD 4706 |
| Seth · 3874 BC Ancestor |
68 25–130 years per generation |
c. 2174 BC – AD 4967 |
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#8@Mat.1.15)