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Matthew's genealogy of
Jesus (1:2-16) refers to only four women besides Mary: they are Tamar, whose children were
born of incest; Rahab, the madam of a brothel; Ruth, a non-Israelite, who got her second
husband by solicitation, if not fornication, and so became the great-grand-mother of David
(Ruth 4:21); and Bathsheba ("the wife of Uriah"), whose relations with David
began in adultery, though she became the mother of Solomon. That the author of a genealogy
for a Messiah should have chosen to mention only these four women requires an explanation.
The most likely one is that Matthew wanted to excuse Mary by these implied analogies.
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