Matthew 1:5

Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed was the father of Jesse,

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

In Context

4Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,

6and Jesse was the father of David the king. David the king was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,

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Cross References

Luke 3:32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,

James 2:25In the same way, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?

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 →

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