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Jerome
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 1
Mt 1, 1English original
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.
The order of the names is inverted, but of necessity; for had he written Abraham first, and David afterwards, he would have to repeat Abraham again to preserve the series of the genealogy.