Nahshon i.e. serpent, a name belonging to the early period. This Nahshon son of Amminadab was a prince of Judah (Numbers 1:7; Numbers 2:3; Numbers 10:14) and a contemporary of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 6:23), according to P; here he is made the grandfather of Boaz, obviously by omitting a good many links.

Salmon From Salmah (1 Chronicles 2:11 Salma") or Salmon (St Matthew 1:4 f., St Luke 3:32) to Boaz is a long step, if the former is the same as -Salma the father of Beth-lehem" 1 Chronicles 2:51. In St Matthew 1:5 Salmon's wife was Rahab, obviously an anachronism.

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