Matthew 1:5
Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab: Boaz begat Obed of Ruth: Obed begat Jesse:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
In Context
4Ram begat Aminadab: Aminadab begat Nahshon: Nahshon begat Salmon:
6Jesse begat David the king: David begat Solomon of the wife of Uriah:
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 2:25So also Rahab, the harlot, was not she justified by works, when she entertained the spies, and sent them forth 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 →