Matthew 1:2
Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren;
1770 John Worsley NT
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 genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
3and Judah had Phares and Zara by Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom,
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 →