Matthew 1:5
Salmon of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed of Jesse,
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
In Context
4Ram of Amminadab, Amminadab of Nashon, Nashon of Salmon,
6Jesse of David the King. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother was Uriah’s widow,
Cross References
Luke 3:32Jesse, Obed, Boaz, Salah, Nahshon,
James 2:25Was not it the same with the prostitute, Rahab? Was not it as the result of her actions that she was pronounced righteous, after she had welcomed the messengers and hastened them away by a different road?
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 →