Matthew 1:5 (BSB)

Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,

From Matthew 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Matthew 1:5

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Matthew 1:1-17: Concerning this genealogy of our Saviour, observe, I. The title of it. It is the book (or the account, as the Hebrew word sepher, a book, sometimes signifies) of the generation of Jesus Christ, of his ancestors according to the flesh; or, It is the narrative of his birth. It is Biblos Geneseò„s - a book of Genesis.
  • Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Matthew 1:5: Verse 5: No specific Barnes text on this verse. (m) "begat Booz of Rachab" (n) "begat Obed of Ruth"
  • William Burkitt (Anglican), Expository Notes on the New Testament on Matthew 1:5: Observe, Here are several women mentioned in our Savior's genealogy, and all, or most of them, have a brand of infamy upon them. Thamar was one, with whom her father-in-law, Judah, committed incest; Rahab is called an harlot; Ruth came of Moab, whom Lot begat of his own daughter; and Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, was one with whom David had committed adultery.
  • John Lightfoot (Puritan), Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae on Matthew 1:5: [Booz of Rachab.] So far the Jewish writers agree with Matthew, that they confess Rachab was married to some prince of Israel, but mistaking concerning the person: whether they do this out of ignorance, or wilfully, let themselves look to that.