Matthew 1:2
Abraham begot Isaac, then Isaac begot Jacob, then Jacob begot Judah and his brothers;
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
In Context
1A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:
3then Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, then Perez begot Hezron, then Hezron begot Ram;
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 →