RCLady... How does the Catholic Bible translate Matthew chapter one, verse 5? You've got my curiosity!
kayaker
Okay... let me give this a try...
Your Bible:
"Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse,"
www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/1
versus:
King James Version:
"And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;" Matthew 1:5 KJV
Sooo, your Bible, like many Protestant translations, considers Rahab the harlot in the ancestry of Jesus. While the KJV maintains Ra
Chab to be in the lineage of Jesus, as different as Rachel and Raquel. Might you explain where Leviticus 21:7 KJV, Leviticus 21:14 KJV was ever rescinded?
Rahab would have had to have been about age 60 when she allegedly hooked up with Salmon, according to general timelines. Therefore, Rahab the harlot was NOT RaChab, wife of Salmon, found in the lineage of Jesus. RaHab and RaChab were two distinct women.
Consequently, I'll take the KJV over your Bible, like many Protestant translations, which casts shadows in the ancestry of Jesus, denying the 'name' of Jesus, His ancestry. That's enough for me!
Brag on yours all you wish... it carries forth that old Jewish fable that King David had a harlot in his ancestry. That's not mentioning Ruth being an alleged blood Moabite, contrary to Deuteronomy 23:3, 6, never rescinded, that cost King Solomon a kingdom. Such was the effort to refute the ancestral integrity of Jesus as those alleged "Jewish" mockers knew Jesus was shortly forthcoming.
kayaker