Matthew 1:2

Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac was the father of Jacob, Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers,

Text-Critical English NT

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 genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

3Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez was the father of Hezron, Hezron was the father of Ram,

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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 →

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