Matthew 1:5
Salmon of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed of Jesse,
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
In Context
4Aram of Aminadab, Aminadab of Nahshon, Nahshon of Salmon,
6Jesse of David the King. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother was Uriah’s widow,
Cross References
Joshua 2:1From Shittim Joshua son of Nun sent two men secretly as spies to explore the country and especially Jericho. When they arrived they went into the house of a prostitute called Rahab and stayed there.
Ruth 1:4who married Moabite women named Orpah and Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years,
Ruth 1:22So Naomi and Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law, returned from Moab. They reached Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Luke 3:32Jesse, Obed, Boaz, Salah, Nahshon,
James 2:25Wasn’t it the same with the prostitute, Rahab? Was she not justified by her actions, after she had welcomed the messengers and helped them escape by another road?
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 →