Matthew 1:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

Abraham begate Isaac. And Isaac begate Iacob; Iacob begat Iudas and his brethren.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀβραὰμ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰσαάκ· Ἰσαὰκ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰακώβ· Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰούδαν καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ·

Transliteration

Abraam egennēsen the Isaak; Isaak de egennēsen the Iakōb; Iakōb de egennēsen the Ioudan and the adelphous of him;

Grammar Details

• *Abraam*: nominative, masculine, proper name - Abraham
• *egennēsen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - begot/fathered
• *Isaak*: accusative, masculine, proper name - Isaac
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but/now
• *Iakōb*: nominative/accusative, masculine, proper name - Jacob
• *Ioudan*: accusative, masculine, proper name - Judah
• *adelphous*: accusative, masculine, plural - brothers
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of him

Word Meanings

• *egennēsen*: begot/fathered/became the ancestor of
• *de*: and/but/now/then

Referenced Verses

• Acts 7:8 : 8 Hee gaue him also the couenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begate Isaac, and circumcised him the eight day: and Isaac begate Iacob, and Iacob the twelue Patriarkes.
• Gen 25:26 : 26 And afterward came his brother out, and his hande helde Esau by the heele: therefore his name was called Iaakob. Nowe Izhak was threescore yeere olde when Rebekah bare them.
• Gen 29:32-35 : 32 And Leah conceiued & bare a sonne, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because the Lord hath looked vpon my tribulation, now therefore mine husband will loue me. 33 And she conceiued againe & bare a sonne, and sayde, Because the Lord heard that I was hated, he hath therefore giuen me this sonne also, & she called his name Simeon. 34 And she conceiued againe & bare a sonne, and said, Now at this time wil my husband keepe mee company, because I haue borne him three sonnes: therefore was his name called Leui. 35 Moreouer shee conceiued againe and bare a sonne, saying, Nowe will I prayse the Lorde: therefore shee called his name Iudah, and left bearing.
• Gen 30:5-9 : 5 So Bilhah conceiued and bare Iaakob a sonne. 6 Then said Rahel, God hath giuen sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath giuen mee a sonne: therefore called shee his name, Dan. 7 And Bilhah Rahels maide coceiued againe, and bare Iaakob the second sonne. 8 Then Rahel said, with excellent wrestlings haue I wrestled with my sister, & haue gotten the vpper hande: and shee called his name, Naphtali. 9 And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde, and gaue her Iaakob to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob a sonne. 11 Then sayd Leah, A companie commeth: and she called his name, Gad. 12 Againe Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob another sonne. 13 Then sayde Leah, Ah, blessed am I, for the daughters will blesse me; she called his name, Asher. 14 Nowe Reuben went in the dayes of the wheateharuest, and founde mandrakes in the fielde and brought them vnto his mother Leah. Then sayde Rahel to Leah, Giue me, I pray thee, of thy sonnes mandrakes. 15 But shee answered her, Is it a small matter for thee to take mine husband, except thou take my sonnes mandrakes also? Then sayde Rahel, Therefore he shall sleepe with thee this night for thy sonnes mandrakes. 16 And Iaakob came from the fielde in the euening, and Leah went out to meete him, and sayde, Come in to mee, for I haue bought and payed for thee with my sonnes mandrakes: and he slept with her that night. 17 And God heard Leah and shee conceiued, and bare vnto Iaakob the fift sonne. 18 Then said Leah, God hath giuen me my reward, because I gaue my mayde to my husband, and she called his name Issachar. 19 After, Leah conceiued againe, & bare Iaakob the sixt sonne. 20 Then Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowrie: nowe will mine husbande dwell with me, because I haue borne him sixe sonnes: & she called his name Zebulun.
• Gen 35:16-19 : 16 Then they departed from Beth-el, and when there was about halfe a daies iourney of ground to come to Ephrath, Rahel trauailed, and in trauailing she was in perill. 17 And whe she was in paines of her labour, the midwife saide vnto her, Feare not: for thou shalt haue this sonne also. 18 Then as she was about to yeelde vp the Ghost (for she died) she called his name Ben-oni, but his father called him Beniamin. 19 Thus died Rahel, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
• Gen 46:8-9 : 8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, euen Iaakob and his sonnes: Reuben, Iaakobs first borne. 9 And the sonnes of Reuben: Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 10 And the sonnes of Simeon: Iemuel, & Iamin, and Ohad, and Iachin, and Zohar; & Shaul the sonne of a Canaanitish woman. 11 Also the sonnes of Leui: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 Also the sonnes of Iudah: Er, & Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: (but Er and Onan died in ye land of Canaan) And the sonnes of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 Also the sonnes of Issachar: Tola, and Phuuah, and Iob, and Shimron. 14 Also the sonnes of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Iahleel. 15 These bee the sonnes of Leah, which shee bare vnto Iaakob in Padan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the soules of his sonnes & his daughters were thirtie and three. 16 Also the sonnes of Gad: Ziphion, & Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 17 Also the sonnes of Asher: Iimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; the sonnes of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel. 18 These are the children of Zilpah, whome Laban gaue to Leah his daughter: and these shee bare vnto Iaakob, euen sixtene soules. 19 The sonnes of Rahel Iaakobs wife were Ioseph and Beniamin. 20 And vnto Ioseph in the lande of Egypt were borne Manasseh, and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah prince of On bare vnto him. 21 Also the sonnes of Beniamin: Belah, & Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sonnes of Rahel, which were borne vnto Iaakob, fourteene soules in all. 23 Also the sonnes of Dan: Hushim. 24 Also the sonnes of Naphtali: Iahzeel, & Guni, and Iezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the sonnes of Bilhah, which Laban gaue vnto Rahel his daughter, and shee bare these to Iaakob, in all, seuen soules. 26 Al the soules, that came with Iaakob into Egypt, which came out of his loynes (beside Iaakobs sonnes wiues) were in the whole, three score and sixe soules. 27 Also the sonnes of Ioseph, which were borne him in Egypt, were two soules: so that al the soules of the house of Iaakob, which came into Egypt, are seuentie.
• Gen 49:8-9 : 8 Thou Iudah, thy brethre shal praise thee: thine hande shalbe in the necke of thine enemies: thy fathers sonnes shal bowe downe vnto thee. 9 Iudah, as a Lions whelpe shalt thou come vp from the spoyle, my sonne. He shall lye downe and couche as a Lion, and as a Lionesse: Who shall stirre him vp? 10 The scepter shall not depart from Iudah, nor a Lawegiuer from betweene his feete, vntill Shiloh come, and the people shall be gathered vnto him. 11 He shall binde his Asse foale vnto ye vine, and his Asses colte vnto the best vine. hee shall wash his garment in wine, and his cloke in the blood of grapes. 12 His eyes shalbe red with wine, and his teeth white with milke.
• Heb 11:11 : 11 Through faith Sara also receiued strength to conceiue seede, and was deliuered of a childe when she was past age, because she iudged him faithfull which had promised.
• Heb 11:17-18 : 17 By faith Abraham offered vp Isaac, when he was tryed, and he that had receiued the promises, offered his onely begotten sonne. 18 (To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)
• Rev 7:5 : 5 Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed twelue thousande. Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed twelue thousande. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelue thousande.
• Josh 24:2-4 : 2 Then Ioshua said vnto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt beyond the flood in olde time, euen Terah the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor, and serued other gods. 3 And I tooke your father Abraham from beyond the flood, and brought him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seede, and gaue him Izhak. 4 And I gaue vnto Izhak, Iaakob and Esau: and I gaue vnto Esau mount Seir, to possesse it: but Iaakob and his children went downe into Egypt.
• 1 Chr 1:28 : 28 The sonnes of Abraham were Izhak, and Ishmael.
• 1 Chr 1:34 : 34 And Abraham begate Izhak: the sonnes of Izhak, Esau, and Israel.
• 1 Chr 2:1-8 : 1 These are the sonnes of Israel, Reuben, Simeon, Leui and Iudah, Isshachar, & Zebulun, 2 Dan, Ioseph, and Beniamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 The sonnes of Iudah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah. These three were borne to him of ye daughter of Shua the Canaanite: but Er the eldest sonne of Iudah was euil in the sight of the Lorde, and he slew him. 4 And Thamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez, and Zerah: so al the sonnes of Iudah were fiue. 5 The sonnes of Pharez, Hezron & Hamul. 6 The sonnes also of Zerah were Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, & Dara, which were fiue in all. 7 And the sonne of Carmi, Achar that troubled Israel, transgressing in the thing excommunicate. 8 The sonne also of Ethan, Azariah.
• 1 Chr 5:1-2 : 1 The sonnes also of Reuben the eldest sonne of Israel (for he was the eldest, but had defiled his fathers bed, therefore his birthright was giuen vnto the sonnes of Ioseph the sonne of Israel, so that the genealogie is not rekoned after his birthright. 2 For Iudah preuailed aboue his brethren, and of him came the prince, but the birthright was Iosephs)
• Isa 41:8 : 8 But thou, Israel, art my seruant, and thou Iaakob, whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my friend.
• Isa 51:2 : 2 Consider Abraham your father, and Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
• Gen 21:2-5 : 2 For Sarah conceiued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age, at the same season that God tolde him. 3 And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him, which Sarah bare him, Izhak. 4 Then Abraha circumcised Izhak his sonne, when he was eight dayes olde, as God had commanded him. 5 So Abraham was an hundreth yeere olde, when his sonne Izhak was borne vnto him.
• Mal 1:2-3 : 2 I haue loued you, sayth the Lorde: yet yee say, Wherein hast thou loued vs? Was not Esau Iaakobs brother, saith the Lord? yet I loued Iaakob, 3 And I hated Esau, and made his mountaines wast, & his heritage a wildernes for dragons.
• Luke 3:33-34 : 33 The sonne of Aminadab, the sonne of Aram, the sonne of Esrom, the sonne of Phares, the sonne of Iuda, 34 The sonne of Iacob, the sonne of Isaac, the sonne of Abraham, the sonne of Thara, the sonne of Nachor,
• Rom 9:7-9 : 7 Neither are they all children, because they are the seede of Abraham: but, In Isaac shall thy seede be called: 8 That is, they which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God: but the children of the promes, are counted for the seede. 9 For this is a worde of promes, In this same time wil I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne. 10 Neither he onely felt this, but also Rebecca when shee had conceiued by one, euen by our father Isaac. 11 For yer the children were borne, and when they had neither done good, nor euill (that the purpose of God might remaine according to election, not by workes, but by him that calleth) 12 It was said vnto her, The elder shal serue the yonger. 13 As it is written, I haue loued Iacob, and haue hated Esau.
• Heb 7:14 : 14 For it is euident, that our Lord sprung out of Iuda, concerning the which tribe Moses spake nothing, touching the Priesthood.
• Exod 1:2-5 : 2 Reuben, Simeon, Leui, and Iudah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Beniamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 So al the soules, that came out of the loines of Iaakob, were seuentie soules: Ioseph was in Egypt already.