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Has anyone in your family completed your family tree?

Why would you be interested in people you never met?

Why do you think the Gospel writers would include genealogies from the line of Jesus?

Why do you think the Matthew genealogy is positioned before the birth of Jesus and the Luke genealogy is presented after Jesus baptism and Gods announcement of Jesus as His beloved son, and the beginning of Jesus official ministry?

Is there a monkey in your genealogy?

Matthew was written by Matthew the tax collector between AD 37 and AD 50, written to the Jews proving Jesus is the Messiah.

Matthew writes an ascending genealogy.

In ascending genealogies, the Hebrew word ben can mean either “son,” or a more distant descendant.

It can also be by adoption.

The Hebrew word for genealogy is toledot.

Why God, all these names we cannot pronounce?

The toledot of the Heavens and the Earth (1:1–2:4)

by adoption, or even skip a generation or two or three or.....

The toledot of the Heavens and the Earth (1:1–2:4)

The toledot of the Heavens and the Earth (1:1–2:4)

  These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens

Preface (1:1–2:3)

  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Preface (1:1–2:3)

In response, neither of these studies adequately accounts for the whole toledot structure of the book.

There is no toledot heading in 4:1–2, 17, where Kikawada and Quinn add a major break, and their model bypasses the toledot of 6:9.

Garrett’s model fails to address these issues and does not adequately deal with the toledot superscripts of Esau (36:1) or Jacob (37:2); it also adds breaks at the end not connected with the toledot structure.

7 DeRouchie, Call to Covenant Love 26–27.

JOURNAL OF THE EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 222 ture used linguistic signals to help guide a proper understanding of their communicative purpose.

The goal of this study is to establish on the basis of a form-meaning composite the literary macrostructure of Genesis and to consider the theological implications of this framework for the book’s lasting message.

None of the features of grammar or content that are identified have been unnoticed by other scholars.

The contribution of this article, however, is in applying all these observations to an assessment of the book’s overall flow of thought and theological message.

The toledot of Adam (2:5–5:2)

The toledot of the Heavens and the Earth (2:4–4:26)

I. THE TOLEDOT AS TRANSITIONAL HEADINGS, NOT COLOPHONS We must first address the question of whether the toledot formulae serve as superscriptions for what follows or as subscriptions for what precedes.

The predominance of this pattern in Genesis suggests that each of the 10 toledot should be read alike––all as headings pointing forward or all as colophons referring backward.

Fig. 1: The Ten toledot of Genesis as Colophons vs. Headings The toledo t as Colophons The toledo t as Headings The toledot of the Heavens and the Earth (1:1–2:4) Preface (1:1–2:3) The toledot of Adam (2:5–5:2) The toledot of the Heavens and the Earth (2:4–4:26) The toledot of Noah (5:3–6:9a) The toledot of Adam (5:1–6:8) The toledot of Noah’s Sons (6:9b–10:1) The toledot of Noah (6:9–9:29) The toledot of Shem (10:2–11:10a) The toledot of Noah’s Sons (10:1–11:9) The toledot of Terah (11:10b–27a) The toledot of Shem (11:10–11:26) The toledot of Ishmael (11:27b–25:12) The toledot of Terah (11:27–25:11) The toledot of Isaac (25:13–19a) The toledot of Ishmael (25:12–18) The toledot of Esau (25:19b–36:1; 36:2–9) The toledot of Isaac (25:19–35:29) The toledot of Jacob (36:10–37:2a) The toledot of Esau (36:1–8; 36:9–37:1) Appendix: The Joseph Story (37:2b–50:26) The toledot of Jacob (37:2–50:26.

The toledot of Noah (5:3–6:9a)

The toledot of Adam (5:1–6:8)

The toledot of Noah’s Sons (6:9b–10:1)

The toledot of Noah (6:9–9:29)

The toledot of Shem (10:2–11:10a)

The toledot of Noah’s Sons (10:1–11:9)

The toledot of Terah (11:10b–27a)

The toledot of Shem (11:10–11:26)

The toledot of Ishmael (11:27b–25:12)

The toledot of Terah (11:27–25:11)

The toledot of Isaac (25:13–19a)

The toledot of Ishmael (25:12–18)

The toledot of Esau (25:19b–36:1; 36:2–9)

The toledot of Isaac (25:19–35:29)

The toledot of Jacob (36:10–37:2a)

The toledot of Esau (36:1–8; 36:9–37:1)

The Joseph Story (37:2b–50:26)

The toledot of Jacob (37:2–50:26.

The toledot of David

The toledot of David

Matthew’s Fourteen

Matthew’s Fourteen

2:4"These are the generations of the heavens and the earth".

Matthew’s Fourteen’s

5:1"This is the book of the generations of Adam".

In the gospel of Matthew, there are fourteen generations, Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.

Matthew calls Jesus the son of David, indicating his royal origin, and son of Abraham, indicating that he was a Jew; son means descendant, calling to mind the promises God made to David and to Abraham and their associated covenants.

6:9"These are the generations of Noah".

10:1"These are the generations of the sons of Noah".

11:10"These are the generations of Shem".

11:27"These are the generations of Terah".

25:12"These are the generations of Ishmael".

25:19"These are the generations of Isaac".

36:1"These are the generations of Esau".

36:9"These are the generations of Esau".

37:2"These are the generations of Jacob".

In the gospel of Matthew, there are fourteen generations, Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.

Matthew calls Jesus the son of David, indicating his royal origin, and son of Abraham, indicating that he was a Jew; son means descendant, calling to mind the promises God made to David and to Abraham and their associated covenants.

The toledot of Adam (2:5–5:2)

The Davidic Covenant (Unconditional)

The toledot of the Heavens and the Earth (2:4–4:26)

defines the covenant;

The Messiah will come from the Davidic line and the tribe of Judah

“I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever” (verse 13), and “Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever” (verse 16).

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God reaffirms the promise of the land that He made in the first two covenants with Israel (the Abrahamic and Mosaic Covenants).

This promise is seen in ----- Palestinian Covenant through Moses and is conditional which is tied to the repentance of Israel.

Gods chastisement will cause Israel to repent and God will bless them again.

says God will heal their sins

Palestinian Covenant through Moses and is conditional which is tied to the repentance of Israel.

Gods chastisement will cause Israel to repent and God will bless them again.

says God will heal their sins

David’s son will succeed him as king of Israel and that this son (Solomon) would build the temple.

The covenant is summarized by the words “house,” promising a dynasty in the lineage of David; “kingdom,” referring to a people who are governed by a king; “throne,” emphasizing the authority of the king’s rule; and “forever,” emphasizing the eternal and unconditional nature of this promise to David and Israel.

The covenant is summarized by the words “house,” promising a dynasty in the lineage of David; “kingdom,” referring to a people who are governed by a king; “throne,” emphasizing the authority of the king’s rule; and “forever,” emphasizing the eternal and unconditional nature of this promise to David and Israel.

Sign of the Covenant = the Son

Abrahamic Covenant Seven promises to the Hebrews

Great Nation Natural Posterity Isaac and Ishmael ,, Spiritual Posterity (stars of Heaven)

Bless the flocks, herds, land, spiritual , , ,,

Make thy name Great

Thou shall be a blessing

I will Bless those that Bless Thee

I will Curse those that curse Thee

All the families of the earth will be blessed , , ,

Sign of the Covenant =circumcision Gen 17.9-14

He presents the names in three sets of 14 generations each .

In Jewish Gematria , David’s name (DVD in Hebrew, which has no vowels) has a value of 14 (dalet + vav + dalet, or 4 + 6 + 4 = 14).

David is the fourteenth name listed in Matthew’s genealogy.