What Does Matthew 1:3 Mean in the King James?
And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The repeated “begat” carries a child named “Breach” forward as part of the lineage, so rupture itself sits inside the chain of bringing forth.
THE MEANING
Your life arrives through a chain of lives and carries names and histories forward. Here, the name meaning “breach” remains in the line as the next generation is brought forth.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that a life marked by a breach cannot belong inside a continuing family story.
THE ROOT
ἐγέννησεν
egennēsen
GROWS FROM
γεν
birth, generation, bringing forth
The verb ἐγέννησεν (egennēsen, “begat”) repeats three times, turning the names into a sequence of bringing forth. The γεν- (gen-, “birth, generation”) family connects this verse to Matthew’s opening “generation,” framing the lineage as an unfolding process.
ALSO GROWS
gennēsis: birth, origin
γέννησις
It makes explicit the birth and origin carried by the repeated act of begetting.
genea: generation
γενεά
It names the continuing span of people that this verse traces.
genos: family, lineage, kind
γένος
It shows how bringing forth links individual names into a family line.
פֶּרֶץ
perets
GROWS FROM
פרץ
break through; make a breach
The Hebrew name behind KJV Phares is פֶּרֶץ (perets, “breach”), from פָּרַץ (parats, “break through”). Genesis 38:29 makes the connection visible when Tamar says, “How hast thou broken forth?”; here that breach-name stands within a continuing genealogy.
ALSO GROWS
parats: break through; burst forth
פָּרַץ
The verb gives the name its image of breaking through into birth.
peritsah: breach; breaking through
פְּרִיצָה
This related noun keeps the idea of a breach visible in the name carried forward by the lineage.
THE PATTERN
A family line can carry a breach within its record and still continue through generation after generation.
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.THE THREAD
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.The heading uses γενέσεως (geneseōs, “generation, origin”), from the same γεν- (gen-, “birth, generation”) family as ἐγέννησεν (egennēsen, “begat”) here. The heading’s broad claim of a generation unfolds in this verse as a sequence of named lives brought forth.
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