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The following is an excerpt from the book Does the Bible Have Contradictions? by Matthew Elton, copyright 2009 Matthew Elton.

Question:

Were there fourteen (Matthew 1:17) or thirteen (Matthew 1:12-16) generations from the Babylonian exile until Christ?

Answer:

Matthew 1:17 clearly states that there were fourteen generations. The thirteen generations in Matthew 1:12-16 are simply because in that list the first person in the genealogy was not counted as a generation.