Matthew 1:2
Abraham begot Isaac, and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
In Context
1A book of a genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
3and Judah begot Perez and Zerah from Tamar, and Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram,
Cross References
Genesis 21:2And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis 29:32And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben. For she said, Because LORD has looked upon my affliction, for now my husband will love me.
Genesis 35:16And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
Genesis 49:8Judah, thy brothers shall praise thee. Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies. Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.
Joshua 24:2And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says LORD, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.
1 Chronicles 1:34And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 1:2-18
Matthew to John The one half of our undertaking upon the New Testament It may be proper to apprise the reader that the volume to which this preface was originally prefixed included the Acts of the Apostles, which in the present edition will commence the second volume, in order to secure a more equal division of the New Testament—the commentary on the remaining books being less extended than the author contemplated .—Ed . is now, by the assistance of divine grace, finished, and presented to the reader, who, it is… Read the whole commentary →