^18 (A)Now this is the genealogy of Perez: ^(B)Perez begot Hezron; ¹⁹ Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab; ²⁰ Amminadab begot ^(C)Nahshon, and Nahshon begot ^(D)Salmon;^{[a] 21} Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed; ²² Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot ^(E)David.

^2 (A)Abraham begot Isaac, ^(B)Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot ^(C)Judah and his brothers. ^3 (D)Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, ^(E)Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram. ⁴ Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon. ⁵ Salmon begot ^(F)Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse, ⁶ and ^(G)Jesse begot David the king.

^(H)David the king begot Solomon by her ^[a]who had been the wife of Uriah.

³¹ the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattathah, the son of ^(A)Nathan, ^(B)the son of David, ^32 (C)the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, ³³ the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,