Long lists of names can seem a bit tedious, almost irrelevant. What do all these dead guys have to do with us? Looking through the list, Jesus' family tree is really full of some characters. King David, whom all of Israel revered. Jacob, a scoundrel and a trixter. The incarnation of the Son of God is not made out of nothing as creation was, but out of a line of real people who brought a family line through generations, bringing a real person onto the scene.