A: There are three sets of 14 names, but they are not additive, as the first list is Abraham up through and including David, and the second list is David to the exile. Now we might have a problem if Matthew had claimed there were 42 generations, but Matthew never said the sum was 42. Matthew presumably mentioned in passing three sets of 14 names as a memory device. The first Christian writer we know of to see these three "mystic intervals" was Clement of Alexandria (193-202 A.D.) in Stromata book 1 ch.21 p.334
J: Kuna seti tatu za majina 14, lakini hazijatokana na kujumlisha vizazi kwa pamoja, kwani setiya kwanza ni kutoka Abraham hadi na kumhusisha Daudi, na seti ya pili ni Daudi hadi uhamisho wa Babeli. Tungeweza kuwa na shida endapo Mathayo angekuwa amesema kuwa kulikuwa na vizazi 42, lakini Mathayo hakusema kuwa jumla ya vizazi vyote ni 42.Mathayo anaelekea kuwa alizisema kwa ufupi hizi seti tatu za majina 14 kama njia mojawapo ya kuzikumbuka.