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“So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.”
Matthew 1:17
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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.
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