Matthew 1:2 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 1:2

Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren;

KJV

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Abraham begat Isaac,.... The descent of Christ from Abraham is in the line of Isaac; Abraham begat Ishmael before Isaac, and others after him, but they are not mentioned; because the Messiah was not to spring from any of them, but from Isaac, of whom it is said, "in Isaac shall thy seed be called", Gen 21:12 and who, as he was a progenitor, so an eminent type of Christ; being Abraham's only beloved son; and particularly in the binding, sacrifice and deliverance of him. Isaac begat Jacob. The genealogy of Christ proceeds from Isaac, in the line of Jacob.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Abraham begat Isaac - In this genealogy, those persons only, among the ancestors of Christ, which formed the direct line, as specified: hence no mention is made of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, nor of Esau, the son of Isaac; and of all the twelve patriarchs, or sons of Jacob, Judah alone is mentioned.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren--Only the fourth son of Jacob is here named, as it was from his loins that Messiah was to spring (Ge 49:10).

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀβραὰμ	Abraam	Abraham	G11 →
ἐγέννησεν	egennēsen	begat	G1080 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰσαάκ·	Isaak	Isaac;	G2464 →
Ἰσαὰκ	Isaak	Isaac	G2464 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐγέννησεν	egennēsen	begat	G1080 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰακώβ·	Iakōb	Jacob;	G2384 →
Ἰακὼβ	Iakōb	Jacob	G2384 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐγέννησεν	egennēsen	begat	G1080 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰούδαν	Ioudan	Judah	G2455 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
ἀδελφοὺς	adelphous	brothers	G80 →
αὐτοῦ·	autou	of him;	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 25:26
After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
leads to
- Genesis 27:36
  So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing…
- Hosea 12:3
  In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
- Genesis 38:28–30
  And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.
Through
Acts 7:8
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve…
leads to
- Genesis 17:9–14
  God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.
- Genesis 35:23–26
  The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- Romans 9:9–13
  For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
- Hebrews 7:4
  Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.
- Genesis 29:31
  When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

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