Through what line did the promised seed of the woman come from Abraham to Joseph and Mary?
The promised seed of the woman came through Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Judah, one of Jacob’s twelve sons; from Judah came David and Solomon, and then Solomon and the other branch of the tree lead all the way to Joseph and Mary.
Les explains that with the beginning of the Abrahamic covenant, the promise of the seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15 would come through Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and then out of Jacob’s 12 sons, the son of Judah; out of Judah comes David and Solomon, and then Solomon and the other branch of the tree bring us all the way up to Joseph and Mary. He notes that is as far as it goes in the Old Testament.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
More Questions
How is the opening of Matthew 1 connected to the seed-of-the-woman promise in Genesis 3:15?
The whole discussion goes back to the promised seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15, and Matthew 1 introduces the New Testament with almost the same kind of generation language.