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Minority reading:
NA 27 Matthew 1:11 VIwsi,aj de. evge,nnhsen Þ to.n VIeconi,an kai. tou.j
avdelfou.j auvtou/ evpi. th/j metoikesi,aj Babulw/nojÅ
T&T #1
Þ to.n Iwakeim Iwakeim de. evge,nnhsen
(D), M, U, Q, S, f1, 33, 1342, al 168 , Sy-H, Sy-Pal, geo, (Ir Lat ), Epiph
D (in Lk): tou Ieconiou tou Iwakeim tou Eliakeim tou Iwseia
Ir (2 nd CE): "Joseph enim Joacim et Jechoniae filius ostenditur, quemadmodum
et Matthaeus generationem ejus exponit."
Epiphanius (4 th CE, Pan. 1.8.1-4):
For St. Matthew enumerated the generations (of Christ‘s genealogy) in three divisions, and said
that there were fourteen generations from Abraham till David, fourteen from David till the
captivity, and fourteen from the captivity until Christ. The first two counts are plain to be seen
with no lack of an item, for they include the times previous to Jechoniah. But we see that the
third count no longer has the total of fourteen generations found in a succession of names, but
the total of thirteen. This is because certain persons found a Jechoniah next to another
Jechoniah, and thought that the item had been duplicated. It was not a duplication however, but
a distinct item. The son had been named "Jechoniah the son of Jechoniah" for his father. By
removing the one name as though for scholarship's sake, certain persons ignorantly made the
promise (which is implied in the text) come short of its purpose with regard to the total of the
fourteen names, and destroyed the regularity of the arrangement.
Lacuna: D
B: no umlaut
Compare:
LXX 1 Chronicles 3:15 kai. uiòi. Iwsia prwto,tokoj Iwanan o` deu,teroj
Iwakim o` tri,toj Sedekia o` te,tartoj Saloum16 kai. uiòi. Iwakim
Ieconiaj uiò.j auvtou/ Sedekiaj uiò.j auvtou/
And sons of Josiah: the first-born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the
fourth Shallum.16 And sons of Jehoiakim:
Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
According to Mt 1:17 there are 14 generations in each of the three sections
(Hebdomadic principle, gr. "seventh"). Counting though, there are only 13 in the
last section. Several explanations have been put forward to overcome this
problem.
From early on it has been realized that Ieconiaj is not the son of Iwsia, but
the grandson. Compare 1.Chr 3:15. The (relevant) son is Iwakim, which had been