Matthew ancestor
Jacob, Father of Joseph
ancestor
People
also: Jacob
A Matthew ancestor named as Matthan’s son and Joseph’s father.
Jacob, Father of Joseph is the Matthew ancestor named as the son of Matthan and the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Matthew 1:15 places him after Matthan in the genealogy, stating that Matthan begot Jacob. The following verse says that Jacob begot Joseph, identified there as Mary’s husband; the same verse says that Jesus, called Christ, was begotten from Mary. Matthew 1:16
Jacob is named in at least 2 verses in Matthew. Matthew 1:15 Matthew 1:16
2
Verses
1
Books
Matthew 1:15
First named
Key verses
Across Scripture
Matthew