Luke 3: 32 lists five later links in the line leading to the Messiah. Each man seems to have been a firstborn.
وَسُلَالَةُ نَسَبِ ٱلْمَسِيَّا تَذْكُرُ فِي لُوقَا ٣ :‏ ٣٢ خَمْسَةَ رِجَالٍ كَانُوا ٱلْأَبْكَارَ عَلَى مَا يَبْدُو .‏