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Questions related to Genealogies listed in the books of the Bible

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Matthew/Luke Generations missing between Rahab and David

My study bible (The NIV Study Bible by Zondervan) notes that it was a common ancient practice to "telescope" a genealogy -- i.e. to skip over generations when building the list. … Unimportant names are left out in order to relate an individual to a prominent ancestor, or possibly to achieve the desired number of names in the genealogy. …
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