And after the deportation to Babylon (Good News Translation “From the time after the exile in Babylon”) is based on 1 Chronicles 3.17. This verse clearly indicates that Matthew is basing his genealogical references on the Septuagint rather than on the Hebrew, since the Hebrew text lists Zerubbabel as the son of Pedaiah (1 Chr 3.19), while the Septuagint lists him as the son of Shealtiel.

Translators who choose to introduce each section of the genealogy with a summary from verse 17, as in verses 2 and 6b, will do the same here: “From the time after the people of Israel were carried away to Babylon until Jesus was born, these were his ancestors” or “These are the names of Jesus’ ancestors who were born (or, who lived) after the time the people of Israel were taken into Babylon (right up) until his own time.”

For deportation and Babylon, see comments on verse 11.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on the Gospel of Matthew. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1988. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .