Matthew 1:1-3

This book is the record of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham, beginning with the family line:

Abraham was the father of Isaac; and Isaac the father of Jacob; and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers;

and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah (their mother was Tamar); and Perez the father of Hezron; and Hezron the father of Ram;