Matthew 1:2
Abraham bigat Isaac. Isaac bigat Jacob. Jacob bigat Judas and hise britheren.
Wycliffe (portions)
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 generacioun of Jhesu Crist, the sone of Dauid, the sone of Abraham.
3Judas bigat Fares and Zaram, of Tamar. Fares bigat Esrom.
Cross References
Genesis 21:2And sche conseyuede, and childide a sone in hir eeld, in the tyme wherynne God biforseide to hir.
Genesis 29:32And Lia childide a sone conseyued, and clepide his name Ruben, and seide, The Lord seiy my mekenesse; now myn hosebonde schal loue me.
Genesis 35:16Forsothe Jacob yede out fro thennus, and cam in the bigynnynge of somer to the lond that ledith to Effrata; in which lond whanne Rachel trauelide in child beryng,
Genesis 49:8Judas, thi britheren schulen preise thee, thin hondis schulen be in the nollis of thin enemyes; the sones of thi fadir schulen worschipe thee.
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 →