These simple words reveal Rahab's amazing destiny: Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab {Matthew 1:5}. In other words, Salmone and Rahab were married and had a son. The Bible gives us a glimpse into Salmone's background through several genealogies {1 Chronicles 2:11; Ruth 4:20–21}. Clearly, he comes from a highly distinguished family in the house of Judah; his father Nahshon is the leader of the people of Judah, and his father's sister is wife to Aaron {Numbers 2:3–4}. Of Salmone's own specific accomplishments and activities nothing is known. But the verse in Matthew is still shocking. How could a man who is practically a Jewish aristocrat, significant enough to get his name recorded in the Scriptures, marry a Canaanite woman who has earned her living entertaining gentlemen? Much of this novel deals with that question. Needless to say, this aspect of the story is purely fictional. We only know that Salmone married Rahab and had a son by her, and that Jesus Himself counts this Canaanite harlot as one of His ancestors. On how such a marriage came about or what obstacles it faced, the Bible is silent.
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