Here is Matthew 1, and 1 Nephi 1 both back to back with each other:
1 I, Nephi, having been
aborn of
bgoodly cparents, therefore I was
dtaught somewhat in all the learning of my father; and having seen many
eafflictions in the course of my days, nevertheless, having been highly favored of the Lord in all my days; yea, having had a great knowledge of the goodness and the mysteries of God, therefore I make a
frecord of my proceedings in my days.
2 Yea, I make a record in the
alanguage of my father, which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians.
3 And I know that the record which I make is
atrue; and I make it with mine own hand; and I make it according to my knowledge.
4 For it came to pass in the commencement of the
afirst year of the reign of
bZedekiah, king of Judah, (my father, Lehi, having dwelt at
cJerusalem in all his days); and in that same year there came many
dprophets, prophesying unto the people that they must
erepent, or the great city
fJerusalem must be destroyed.
5 Wherefore it came to pass that my father, Lehi, as he went forth prayed unto the Lord, yea, even with all his
aheart, in behalf of his people.
6 And it came to pass as he prayed unto the Lord, there came a
apillar of fire and dwelt upon a rock before him; and he saw and heard much; and because of the things which he saw and heard he did
bquake and tremble exceedingly.
7 And it came to pass that he returned to his own house at Jerusalem; and he cast himself upon his bed, being
aovercome with the Spirit and the things which he had seen.
8 And being thus overcome with the Spirit, he was carried away in a
avision, even that he saw the
bheavens open, and he thought he
csaw God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses of angels in the attitude of singing and praising their God.
9 And it came to pass that he saw One descending out of the midst of heaven, and he beheld that his
aluster was above that of the sun at noon-day.
10 And he also saw
atwelve others following him, and their brightness did exceed that of the stars in the firmament.
11 And they came down and went forth upon the face of the earth; and the first came and
astood before my father, and gave unto him a
bbook, and bade him that he should read.
12 And it came to pass that as he read, he was filled with the
aSpirit of the Lord.
13 And he read, saying: Wo, wo, unto Jerusalem, for I have seen thine
aabominations! Yea, and many things did my father read concerning
bJerusalem—that it should be destroyed, and the inhabitants thereof; many should perish by the sword, and many should be
ccarried away captive into Babylon.
14 And it came to pass that when my father had read and seen many great and marvelous things, he did exclaim many things unto the Lord; such as: Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God Almighty! Thy throne is high in the heavens, and thy
apower, and goodness, and mercy are over all the inhabitants of the earth; and, because thou art merciful, thou wilt not suffer those who
bcome unto thee that they shall perish!
15 And after this manner was the language of my father in the praising of his God; for his soul did rejoice, and his whole heart was filled, because of the things which he had seen, yea, which the Lord had shown unto him.
16 And now I, Nephi, do not make a full account of the things which my father hath written, for he hath written many things which he saw in
avisions and in
bdreams; and he also hath written many things which he
cprophesied and spake unto his children, of which I shall not make a full account.
17 But I shall make an account of my proceedings in my days. Behold, I make an
aabridgment of the record of my
bfather, upon
cplates which I have made with mine own hands; wherefore, after I have abridged the record of my
dfather then will I make an account of mine own life.
18 Therefore, I would that ye should know, that after the Lord had shown so many marvelous things unto my father, Lehi, yea, concerning the
adestruction of Jerusalem, behold he went forth among the people, and began to
bprophesy and to declare unto them concerning the things which he had both seen and heard.
19 And it came to pass that the
aJews did
bmock him because of the things which he testified of them; for he truly testified of their
cwickedness and their abominations; and he testified that the things which he saw and heard, and also the things which he read in the book, manifested plainly of the coming of a
dMessiah, and also the redemption of the world.
20 And when the Jews heard these things they were angry with him; yea, even as with the prophets of old, whom they had
acast out, and stoned, and slain; and they also
bsought his life, that they might take it away. But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender
cmercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of
ddeliverance.
1 This is the genealogy[
a] of Jesus the Messiah[
b] the son of David, the son of Abraham:
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,
Perez the father of Hezron,
Hezron the father of Ram,
4 Ram the father of Amminadab,
Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,
6 and Jesse the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,
7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam,
Rehoboam the father of Abijah,
Abijah the father of Asa,
8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,
Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
9 Uzziah the father of Jotham,
Jotham the father of Ahaz,
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,
Manasseh the father of Amon,
Amon the father of Josiah,
11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah[
c] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12 After the exile to Babylon:
Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel the father of Abihud,
Abihud the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim the father of Azor,
14 Azor the father of Zadok,
Zadok the father of Akim,
Akim the father of Elihud,
15 Elihud the father of Eleazar,
Eleazar the father of Matthan,
Matthan the father of Jacob,
16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.
17 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.
Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son
18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[
d]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet[
e] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[
f] because he will save his people from their sins.”
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”[
g] (which means “God with us”).
24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
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