Matthew 1:2

2Abraham 1:2 Lit begot, fathered, from the Greek word gennao, meaning “to father a child” (early modern English beget) and so throughout the genealogy whenever father occurs.was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of 1:2 Gr Judas; names of people in the OT are given in their OT form.Judah and his brothers [who became the twelve tribes of Israel].