The Bible genealogies are the recorded family lines that run from Adam through Noah, Abraham, Judah and David to Jesus Christ. They appear mainly in Genesis 5, Genesis 10–11, 1 Chronicles 1–9, Matthew 1 and Luke 3, and they exist to show that God’s promises pass down real, traceable families. Every family tree below is laid out generation by generation with KJV references.
Bible Genealogies & Family Trees
Visual KJV family trees — from Adam to Christ, the lines that carry redemption. Follow the redemption line from Adam to Noah, through Abraham and David, to Christ — with every name traced from the King James Bible.
Genealogy of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1)
“The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.”
Matthew opens the New Testament with the legal royal line of Jesus — Abraham to David, David to the captivity, captivity to Christ.
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Genealogy of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1)
Matthew opens the New Testament with the legal royal line of Jesus — Abraham to David, David to the captivity, captivity to Christ.
From Adam to Noah — Ten Generations (Genesis 5)
Genesis 5 records ten patriarchs from Adam to Noah, each name carrying a meaning that together preaches the gospel.
Family of David — King and Ancestor of Christ
Jesse's youngest son became Israel's greatest king and the ancestor of Christ — David's wives, sons, and descendants shape redemptive history.
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Messianic Line(2 entries)
Genealogy of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1)
Matthew opens the New Testament with the legal royal line of Jesus — Abraham to David, David to the captivity, captivity to Christ.
Genealogy of Jesus Christ (Luke 3)
Luke traces Jesus' line backward from Joseph through Nathan, David, Abraham, and Noah, all the way to Adam — the Saviour of all humanity.
Patriarchal Lines(5 entries)
Sons of Noah — Table of Nations (Genesis 10)
Genesis 10 — the Table of Nations — traces the seventy founding peoples of the earth from Shem, Ham, and Japheth after the flood.
Sons of Jacob — The Twelve Tribes of Israel
Twelve sons by four mothers became the twelve tribes of Israel — the foundation of the nation through whom Messiah would come.
From Adam to Noah — Ten Generations (Genesis 5)
Genesis 5 records ten patriarchs from Adam to Noah, each name carrying a meaning that together preaches the gospel.
Sons of Adam — Cain and Seth (Genesis 4-5)
Two lines from Adam — Cain's city of man and Seth's seed of promise — divide humanity from the very beginning.
Family of Abraham — Father of the Faithful
Abraham fathered nations — Ishmael by Hagar, Isaac by Sarah, and six more sons by Keturah — and through Isaac came the promised seed.
Royal Lines(3 entries)
Kings of Judah — The House of David
From David and Solomon to Zedekiah, the kings of Judah carry God's covenant promise through six centuries to the Babylonian captivity.
Kings of Israel — The Northern Kingdom
Nine unstable dynasties — from Jeroboam to Hoshea — ruled the northern kingdom for 209 years until Assyria carried Israel away.
Family of David — King and Ancestor of Christ
Jesse's youngest son became Israel's greatest king and the ancestor of Christ — David's wives, sons, and descendants shape redemptive history.
About Bible genealogies
The genealogies of Scripture are not filler — they are the spine of redemption. From Adam to Noah (Genesis 5), Shem to Abraham (Genesis 11), and finally to David and Christ (Matthew 1, Luke 3), every name preserves God’s covenant promise that the Seed of the woman would crush the serpent (Genesis 3:15) and that Messiah would come from the line of Judah (Genesis 49:10).
Each entry below traces a complete KJV family tree with scripture references, historical context, and the place each line holds in the unfolding story of the gospel.
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