Matthew 1:2
Abraham begat Isaac: Isaac begat Jacob: Jacob begat Judah and his brothers:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 nativity of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, son of Abraham.
3Judah begat Pharez and Zara of Tamar: Pharez begat Hezron: Hezron begat 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 →