Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ruth 4:18-22
D. The genealogical appendix 4:18-22Far from being an unimportant postscript, this genealogy helps us see one of the main purposes for which God gave us this book.Why does the genealogy start with Perez? He was the founder of the branch of Judah’s family that took his name, to which Elimelech and Boaz belonged (Numbers 26:20). Perez was the illegitimate son of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:5) who, like Jacob, seized the initiative to stand in the line of messianic promise from his twin brother (Genesis... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ruth 4:18
18-22. these are the generations of Pharez—that is, his descendants. This appendix shows that the special object contemplated by the inspired author of this little book was to preserve the memory of an interesting domestic episode, and to trace the genealogy of David. There was an interval of three hundred eighty years between Salmon and David. It is evident that whole generations are omitted; the leading personages only are named, and grandfathers are said, in Scripture language, to beget... read more