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Matthew summarizes the genealogy as three sets of fourteen generations: from Abraham to David, from David to the exile, and from the exile to Christ Matthew 1:17. The verse presents this as an organizing structure for the list.
17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.