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Boaz and Rahab
How Boaz and Rahab are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Rahab was a parent of Boaz. (traditional identification)
Matthew names a Rachab as Boaz's mother and does not say she is Rahab of Jericho. The timing fits: Boaz's father Salmon was the son of Nahshon, captain of Judah in the wilderness.
Salmon begat Booz of Rachab
Matthew 1:5, King James Version
when she had received the spies with peace
Hebrews 11:31, King James Version
Nahshon begat Salmon
Ruth 4:20, King James Version
the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai
Numbers 1:1, King James Version
Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah
Numbers 2:3, King James Version
Where they cross: Matthew 1:5
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Numbers 1:1
1And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Numbers 2:3
3And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
Ruth 4:20
20And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
Matthew 1:5
5And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
Hebrews 11:31
31By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
King James Version