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Date: 2005-12-02 02:02 pm (UTC)v. 3 "Thamar" or Tamar, who was Judah's own daughter-in-law, therefore a situation of incest.
v. 5 "Rachab", or Rahab, who was a prostitute, and Ruth, who was a gentile foreigner
v 6, "the wife of Urias," or Bathesheba, who had an adulterous liaison with David.
It's unusual enough for a genealogy to include women's names, but the fact that all four of these women were a bit suspect is even more unusual. It casts some doubt on Jesus' pedigree, and points to the scandal around Mary. This genealogy is a very shocking way to begin the story of Jesus. "Virgin birth." Yeah, right.