How many generations from abraham to jesus

The New Testament starts with the genealogy of Jesus. It’s a very long list of Jewish names tracing Jesus’ lineage back through David to Abraham. Not all readers have known what to do with this. But for Jewish people, the reason for the New Testament to start there should be obvious.

Family has always been paramount for Jews.

We are family focused, and we are invested in knowing about our personal family histories. They help us locate contexts in which to solidify our personal identities.

Among previous generations (and some still today), yichus (a good family lineage) was important to finding a soulmate.

Genealogy of jesus explained

If “so-and-so” was the son of “Rabbi This-and-That” and the grandson of “Rabbi Here-and-There,” well then, you had yourself a catch!

Going further back, family trees (genealogies) were important for our ancestors even in the time of the Bible.

That’s why the Jewish Bible is full of genealogies, long (sometimes very long) lists of people, their parents, their grandparents, their tribes, their “clans” and so on. For our ancestors of long ago, these genealogies had very pra

how is abraham similar to jesus

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