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Abraham and David
How Abraham and David are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Abraham was an ancestor of David.
Matthew counts "fourteen generations" from Abraham to David, one of three spans in the line he traces to Jesus.
Abraham begat Isaac
Matthew 1:2, King James Version
all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations
Matthew 1:17, King James Version
Where they cross: Matthew 1:17
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Matthew 1:2
2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
Matthew 1:17
17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
King James Version