COUNTERCULTURAL GRACE. Matthew’s genealogy presses firmly against his day’s cultural impulses. First, while genealogies would typically include only men, Matthew mentions four women. Second, he doesn’t go out of his way to include the noblest women in Jesus’ line, such as Sarah, the great matriarch and wife of Abraham. Just the opposite. Tamar posed as a prostitute (Genesis 38), Rahab was a prostitute, and David made Bathsheba an adulterer. Third, Rahab and Ruth were Gentiles, and