Matthew 1:2
Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac begot Jacob. And Jacob begot Judas and his brethren.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
In Context
1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
3And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar. And Phares begot Esron. And Esron begot Aram.
Cross References
Genesis 21:2And she conceived and bore a son in her old age, at the time that God had foretold her.
Genesis 29:32And she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Ruben, saying: The Lord saw my affliction: now my husband will love me.
Genesis 35:16And going forth from thence, he came in the springtime to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail,
Genesis 49:8Juda, thee shall thy brethren praise: thy hands shall be on the necks of thy enemies: the sons of thy father shall bow down to thee.
Joshua 24:2And he spoke thus to the people: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river, Thare the father of Abraham, and Nachor: and they served strange gods.
1 Chronicles 1:34And Abraham beget Isaac: and his sons were 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 →