This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.