READ Matthew 1 COMMENTARY: : 2        Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers. 3 Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram. 4 Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon. 5 Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse, 6 and Jesse begot David the king. David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah. (3774 “Uriah” [Oupias] means husband of Bathsheba, one of David’s mighty men, light of Jehovah.) DEVOTION:  Too often we hear that the LORD doesn’t care about women. Here we have a special mention of the key women in the genealogy of Christ. There are five mentioned in this chapter. The first is Tamar who had to act like a harlot…