The four women listed in Matthew’s genealogy share a reputation (at least) of immorality,10 underscoring the evangelist’s encouragement that Jesus will deliver the repentant from judgment, just as Joshua had spared Rahab. Taken together, the stories of these women from Matthew’s genealogy prefigure a royal prince of Judah who will take a bride with an “irregular” history. Thematically, Matthew presents the gospel of the True Joshua, who rescues Rahab, and what is greater,11 takes her for a bride!