Matthew's Begats (The Begats from Matthew Chapter One)

Here's my rendition of Matthew's Begats by Andrew Peterson. This song is taken from the first Chapter of the gospel according to Matthew, a section many people either skim through or never read! This song is a fun way to get through the begats without ignoring them and since it mentions Mary & Joseph I suppose it qualifies as a Christmas song. Thanks to guitmartiman for recording it for me.

Here are the lyrics, I know that it is a little hard to follow when you can't see what all the words are.


Abraham had Isaac
Isaac, he had Jacob
Jacob, he had Judah and his kin
Then Perez and Zerah
Came from Judah's woman, Tamar
Perez, he brought Hezron up
And then came

Aram, then Amminadab
Then Nahshon, who was then the dad of Salmon
Who with Rahab fathered Boaz
Ruth, she married Boaz who had Obed
Who had Jesse
Jesse, he had David who we know as king

David, he had Solomon by dead Uriah's wife
Solomon, well you all know him
He had good old Rehoboam
Followed by Abijah who had Asa
Asa had Jehoshaphat had Joram had Uzziah
Who had Jotham then Ahaz then Hezekiah

Followed by Manasseh who had Amon
Who was a man
Who was father of a good boy named Josiah
Who grandfathered Jehoiachin
Who caused the Babylonian captivity
Because he was a liar

Then he had Shealtiel, who begat Zerubbabel
Who had Abiud who had Eliakim
Eliakim had Azor who had Zadok who had Akim
Akim was the father of Eliud then
He had Eleazar who had Matthan who had Jacob
Now, listen very closely
I don't want to sing this twice
Jacob was the father of Joseph
The husband of Mary
The mother of Christ

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[nubnubnub1]

Not bad... but anunciate! (did I spell that right?) We can't understand you! Thanks for showing me the chords, though!

[lladnekj]

Sorry for not enunciating clearly enough. I did post the lyrics in the video discription so that you can read along. I know it is a little hard to keep up when you cant see the words.

[Clereece]

Hehe -- most charming way to get thru those begats I

I've ever heard :) - 5 stars

[lladnekj]

I agree, It seems to me that you have to be really good with words to get all those wierd names to fit together into a song that actually flows smoothly.

[sojourner06]

Now, I see you have singing and memory talents too! Hope you will find time to share more with us.  Thanks again!

[Beulah59]

Wow! That was a mouthful! Don't see how you remembered all of that! God bless you!

[GRB1832]

Yes, cool song! Want to do it but struggling to work out a couple of the chords...can you help?! Thank you!

[Enoch2]

Maybe nubnubnub1 means 'enunciate'. If he would spell more clearly, I could understand him better! :)

[Enoch2]

Wow, excellent performance! Hahahahaha, and what a skillful song!

[etkoehn]

i was thinking th same thing

[blessedman94]

Andrew Peterson who wrote this is awesome...highly recommend anyone to see him in concert if you get the chance.