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Matthew 1

Matt. 1:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Abraham
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Abraam (Greek #11)
Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch
KJV usage: Abraham. (In Acts 7:16 the text should probably read Jacob.)
Pronounce: ab-rah-am'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (085)
d begat
gennao (Greek #1080)
to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
KJV usage: bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring.
Pronounce: ghen-nah'-o
Origin: from a variation of 1085
Isaac
Isaak (Greek #2464)
Isaac (i.e. Jitschak), the son of Abraham
KJV usage: Isaac.
Pronounce: ee-sah-ak'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03327)
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de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
Isaac
Isaak (Greek #2464)
Isaac (i.e. Jitschak), the son of Abraham
KJV usage: Isaac.
Pronounce: ee-sah-ak'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03327)
e begat
gennao (Greek #1080)
to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
KJV usage: bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring.
Pronounce: ghen-nah'-o
Origin: from a variation of 1085
Jacob
Iakob (Greek #2384)
Jacob (i.e. Ja`akob), the progenitor of the Israelites
KJV usage: also an Israelite:--Jacob.
Pronounce: ee-ak-obe'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03290)
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de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
Jacob
Iakob (Greek #2384)
Jacob (i.e. Ja`akob), the progenitor of the Israelites
KJV usage: also an Israelite:--Jacob.
Pronounce: ee-ak-obe'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03290)
g begat
gennao (Greek #1080)
to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
KJV usage: bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring.
Pronounce: ghen-nah'-o
Origin: from a variation of 1085
Judas
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Ioudas (Greek #2455)
Judas (i.e. Jehudah), the name of ten Israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region
KJV usage: Juda(-h, -s); Jude.
Pronounce: ee-oo-das'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03063)
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
his
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
brethren
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
adephos (Greek #80)
a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like 1)
KJV usage: brother.
Pronounce: ad-el-fos'
Origin: from 1 (as a connective particle) and δελφύς (the womb)
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Gen. 21:2‑5• 2For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
 3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
 4And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
 5And Abraham was an hundred years old when his son Isaac was born unto him. (Gen. 21:2‑5)
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Gen. 25:26• 26And after that came his brother out; and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob; and Isaac [was] sixty years old when she bore them. (Gen. 25:26)
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Gen. 29:35• 35And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, This time will I praise Jehovah; therefore she called his name Judah . And she ceased from bearing. (Gen. 29:35)
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Abraham.
Gen. 21:2‑5• 2For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
 3And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
 4And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
 5And Abraham was an hundred years old when his son Isaac was born unto him. (Gen. 21:2‑5)
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Josh. 24:2‑3• 2{i}And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.{/i}
 3{i}And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him throughout the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac.{/i} (Josh. 24:2‑3)
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1 Chron. 1:28• 28{i}The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.{/i} (1 Chron. 1:28)
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Isa. 51:2• 2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah [that] bare you: for when he was alone I called him, and blessed him, and made him many. (Isa. 51:2)
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Luke 3:34• 34{i}of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nachor,{/i} (Luke 3:34)
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Acts 7:8• 8And he gave him a covenant of circumcision, and thus he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac, Jacob; and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs. (Acts 7:8)
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Rom. 9:7‑9• 7nor because they are Abraham's seed, [are] they all children, but “In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.”
 8That is, not the children of the flesh, these [are] children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;
 9for this word is of promise, “According to this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.” (Rom. 9:7‑9)
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Heb. 11:11,17‑18• 11By faith also Sarah herself received power for deposition of seed even beyond season of age, since she counted faithful him that promised.
 17By faith Abraham when tried offered up Isaac, and he that received to himself the promises was offering his only-begotten
 18as to whom it was spoken, In Isaac shall thy seed be called; (Heb. 11:11,17‑18)
Isaac begat.
Gen. 25:26• 26And after that came his brother out; and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob; and Isaac [was] sixty years old when she bore them. (Gen. 25:26)
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Josh. 24:4• 4{i}And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau; and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt.{/i} (Josh. 24:4)
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1 Chron. 1:34• 34Abraham begat Isaac{i}. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel{/i}. (1 Chron. 1:34)
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Isa. 41:8• 8But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend, (Isa. 41:8)
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Mal. 1:2‑3• 2I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob,
 3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. (Mal. 1:2‑3)
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Rom. 9:10‑13• 10And not only [so], but also Rebecca having conceived by one, Isaac our father,
 11for [the children] being not yet born, nor having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might remain, not of works but of him that calleth,
 12it was said to her, “The greater shall serve the lesser,”
 13according as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” (Rom. 9:10‑13)
Jacob begat.
Gen. 29:32‑35• 32And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and called his name Reuben ; for she said, Because Jehovah hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.
 33And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I [am] hated, he hath therefore given me this one also; and she called his name Simeon .
 34And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, Now this time will my husband be united to me, for I have borne him three sons; therefore was his name called Levi .
 35And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, This time will I praise Jehovah; therefore she called his name Judah . And she ceased from bearing. (Gen. 29:32‑35)
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Gen. 30:5‑20• 5And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
 6And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and also heard my voice, and given me a son: therefore she called his name Dan .
 7And Bilhah Rachel's bondmaid again conceived and bore Jacob a second son.
 8And Rachel said, Wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali .
 9When Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she took Zilpah her bond-maid, and gave her to Jacob as wife.
 10And Zilpah Leah's bondmaid bore Jacob a son.
 11And Leah said, What fortune! and she called his name Gad .
 12And Zilpah Leah's bondmaid bore Jacob a second son.
 13And Leah said, With my happiness; for the daughters will call me happy! and she called his name Asher .
 14And Reuben went out in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field; and he brought them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
 15And she said to her, Is it little that thou hast taken my husband, that thou wilt take my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.
 16And when Jacob came from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, Thou must come in to me, for indeed I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
 17And God hearkened to Leah; and she bore Jacob a fifth son.
 18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my bond-maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar .
 19And Leah again conceived, and bore Jacob a sixth son;
 20and Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; this time will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun . (Gen. 30:5‑20)
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Gen. 35:16‑19• 16And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was yet some way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel travailed, and it went hard with her in childbirth.
 17And it came to pass when it went hard in her bearing, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for this also [is] a son for thee.
 18And it came to pass as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Benoni ; but his father called him Benjamin .
 19And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. (Gen. 35:16‑19)
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Gen. 46:8‑27• 8And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Jacob's first-born, Reuben;
 9and the sons of Reuben, Enoch and Phallu and Hezron and Carmi;
 10and the sons of Simeon, Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Saul son of a Canaanitish woman.
 11And the sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath and Merari;
 12and the sons of Judah, Er and Onan and Shelah, and Pherez and Zarah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Pherez were Hezron and Hamul.
 13And the sons of Issachar, Tola and Puah, and Job and Shimron;
 14and the sons of Zebulun, Sered and Elon and Jahleel.
 15These [are] the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-Aram, and his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and daughters [were] thirty-three.
 16And the sons of Gad, Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli;
 17and the sons of Asher, Jimnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah, and Serah their sister, and the sons of Beriah, Heber and Malchiel.
 18These [are] the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and she bore these to Jacob: sixteen souls.
 19The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife, Joseph and Benjamin.
 20And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath bore to him, daughter of Potiphera, priest in On;
 21and the sons of Benjamin, Belah and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard.
 22These [are] the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob: all the souls [were] fourteen.
 23And the sons of Dan, Hushim;
 24and the sons of Naphtali, Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem.
 25These [are] the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob: all the souls [were] seven.
 26All the souls belonging to Jacob that came into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives: all the souls [were] sixty-six.
 27And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt [were] two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob which came into Egypt, [were] seventy. (Gen. 46:8‑27)
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Gen. 49:8‑12• 8Judah, thee will thy brethren praise: thy hand [will be] on the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children will bow down to thee.
 9Judah [is] a lion's whelp. From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stoopeth, he coucheth as a lion, and as a lioness: who will rouse him up?
 10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and to him will be the obedience of peoples.
 11He bindeth his foal to the vine, and his ass's colt to the choice vine; he washeth his garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes;
 12his eyes [are] red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. (Gen. 49:8‑12)
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Ex. 1:2‑5• 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
 3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;
 4Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.
 5And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt [already]. (Ex. 1:2‑5)
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1 Chron. 2:1‑8• 1These are the sons, of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun,
 2Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
 3{i}The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.{/i}
 4{i}And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pherez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.{/i}
 5{i}The sons of Pherez: Hezron and Hamul.{/i}
 6{i}And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.{/i}
 7{i}And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing.{/i}
 8{i}And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.{/i} (1 Chron. 2:1‑8)
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1 Chron. 5:1‑2• 1{i}And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, inasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; but the genealogy is not registered according to the birthright,{/i}
 2Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's), (1 Chron. 5:1‑2)
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Luke 3:33‑34• 33{i}of Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Phares, of Juda,{/i}
 34{i}of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nachor,{/i} (Luke 3:33‑34)
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Acts 7:8• 8And he gave him a covenant of circumcision, and thus he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac, Jacob; and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs. (Acts 7:8)
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Heb. 7:14• 14for [it is] evident beforehand that our Lord hath sprung out of Judah, as to which tribe Moses spoke nothing about priests. (Heb. 7:14)
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Rev. 7:5• 5out of the tribe of Juda twelve thousand sealed; out of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand; (Rev. 7:5)
Juda.
• We begin with Abraham, tracing Jesus not up to him, but down from him. Every Israelite would begin with Abraham, and would be interested to follow the stages of the line from him on whom they all hung. (“Remarks on Matthew 1” by W. Kelly)
• "Judas and his brethren," seems to be of importance….it is evidently in the strictest harmony with this Gospel, for it gives prominence to the royal tribe of whom was the Messiah (Gen. 49:10), while it reminds the most favored that others, too long out of sight, were not forgotten of God now that He is giving the genealogy of His Messiah. (“Remarks on Matthew 1” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Juda and his brethren;

W. Kelly Translation

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Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Juda and his brethren;

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)