Matthew 1:2
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Juda and his brethren;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
In Context
1Book of the generation of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham.
3and Juda begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram,
Cross References
Genesis 21:2And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis 29:32And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and called his name Reuben; for she said, Because Jehovah has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.
Genesis 35:16And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing.
Genesis 49:8Judah [as to] thee, thy brethren will praise thee; Thy hand will be upon the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's children will bow down to thee.
Joshua 24:2And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river, 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 →