Matthew 1:5
And Salmon conceived Boaz by Rahab. And Boaz conceived Obed by Ruth. And Obed conceived Jesse.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
In Context
4And Ram conceived Amminadab. And Amminadab conceived Nahshon. And Nahshon conceived Salmon.
Cross References
Joshua 2:1And so Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim to explore in secret. And he said to them, “Go and consider the land and the city of Jericho.” And while traveling, they entered into the house of a harlot woman named Rahab, and they rested with her.
Ruth 1:4They took wives from among the Moabites, of whom one was called Orpah, and the other Ruth. And they lived there ten years.
Ruth 1:22Therefore, Naomi went with Ruth, the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, from the land of her sojourn, and returned to Bethlehem, at the time of the first reaping of the barley.
1 Chronicles 2:11Also, Nahshon conceived Salma, from whom Boaz rose up.
Luke 3:32who was of Jesse, who was of Obed, who was of Boaz, who was of Salmon, who was of Nahshon,
James 2:25Similarly also, Rahab, the harlot, was she not justified by works, by receiving the messengers and sending them out through another way?
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 →