1: 2, 16; Luke 3: 23, 34. However, a review of Bible accounts shows that a man did not need to be a firstborn son to be an ancestor of the Messiah. Consider some of the evidence:
لٰكِنْ حَسْبَمَا يَظْهَرُ فِي ٱلْكِتَابِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ ،‏ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ٱلرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَسْلَافِ ٱلْمَسِيَّا حَتَّى لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنِ ٱلْبِكْرَ .‏