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Berean Standard Bible

“and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,”

Matthew 1:6

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Matthew opens his Gospel with a genealogy tracing Jesus through Abraham and David. Unusually, it includes several women.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,

World English Bible (WEB)

Jesse became the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.

King James Version (KJV)

And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

American Standard Version (ASV)

and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon of her [that had been the wife] of Uriah;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And the son of Jesse was David the king; and the son of David was Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and Jesse fathered David the king. And David the king fathered Solomon, of her who had been Uriah's,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y Jessé engendró al rey David: y el rey David engendró á Salomón de la que fué mujer de Urías:

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Isaí fue el padre del rey David, y David tuvo a Salomón, cuya madre fue esposa de Urías.

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