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Abraham and Jesus Christ
How Abraham and Jesus Christ are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Abraham was an ancestor of Jesus Christ.
Matthew opens his Gospel by calling Jesus Christ "the son of David, the son of Abraham", then traces the line down from Abraham.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham
Matthew 1:1, King James Version
Abraham begat Isaac
Matthew 1:2, King James Version
Where they cross: Matthew 1:1-2
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Matthew 1:1-2
1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
King James Version