Perhaps Matthew did not name more than 14 generations after the exile because Matthew did not know the other names, and he only wrote of what he knew. Alternately he was using three sets of fourteen names as a memory device.
Huenda Mathayo hakuvitaja vizazi zaidi ya 14 baada ya uhamisho wa Babeli kwa sababu hakuyajua majina mengine, na yeye aliandika mambo yale tu aliyoyajua. Vinginevyo alkuwa anatumia seti tatu za majina kumi na nne kam kitu cha kusaidia kukumbuka.