Notebook (Gaster Hebrew MS 2054) (19th century) - Page 4

By the power? of our Lord Jesus Christ, we begin

to write the names of those who were born to us from of old

who, from time to time, were called by the name of the eternal God

Year of the Greeks 741, of it 879

From Adam and onward, in this ancient tradition, they are brought forth:

First, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah... Lamech, Noah, Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, Eber,
Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah... Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, Perez, Hezron, Ram,
Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz, Obed...
Jesse, David, Solomon, Rehoboam... Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram,
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah... Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, Jeconiah,
Shealtiel, Zerubbabel, Abiud...
Eliakim, Azor, Zadok, Achim, Eliud... Eleazar, Matthan, Jacob,
Joseph, the husband of Mary,
of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

All the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the Babylonian captivity are fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian captivity to Christ are fourteen generations.

The birth of Jesus Christ happened in this way. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph... before they were together, she was found to be pregnant from the Holy Spirit. Joseph, her husband, was a righteous man and did not wish to expose her, so he thought to dismiss her in secret. While he was considering these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said to him: "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For that which is born in her is from the Holy Spirit. She shall give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. For he shall save his people from their sins."