From the Salmon

The gospels make a big deal out of how Jesus was of the line of David, the great Hebrew king. Maybe the writers figured if they called enough attention to the Big D, you’d ignore the part where they completely disagree about how the begatting proceeded from there. *

Anyhow, that’s great and all for Isaiah fans, but as for me and my house, the big news is a few generations back.

I’ll let Luke explain:

David [was] the son of Jesse,
the son of Obed,
the son of Boaz,
the son of Salmon ...

That’s right, kids. Jesus is — say it with me…

From the Salmon.

* And then there’s my wife’s biggest objection to the genealogies: that they both go through Joseph, who was pretty much on the sidelines when Y immaculately met X. I’ll admit, she knows waaay more about genetics than I do, so I should probably listen to her. But she doesn’t get her Ph.D. for like two more weeks, and I like the sound of the Salmon thing, so I’m sticking with the gospel boys while I can.