
John Chrysostom
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 1
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren.
(Hom. iii.) Or, he names all the twelve Patriarchs that he may lower that pride which is drawn from a line of noble ancestry. For many of these were born of maidservants, and yet were Patriarchs and heads of tribes.