Matthew 1:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,”
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“Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;”
King James Version · Public Domain“and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 1:5 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 2:1Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
- Joshua 6:22Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”
- Ruth 1:4who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,
- Ruth 1:16But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
- Ruth 1:22So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
- Ruth 4:21Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
- 1 Chronicles 2:11Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.
- 1 Chronicles 2:12Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.
- Luke 3:32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
- Hebrews 11:31By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
- James 2:25In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
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