Board Thread:Bible Games/@comment-31246436-20161025190507/@comment-31246436-20161216143836

According to the Gospel of Matthew, it is Salmon (pronounced sal-mone not sam-on). 1st Chronicles states that it is Salma. The Book of Ruth agrees with the Gospel of Matthew that it is Salmon. The Gospel of Luke says Salmon (although some early manuscripts say Sala). These are not contradictions, as some who are inexperienced with the culture and language of the Bible would think. Sometimes names vary, caused by translations from other languages. For example, one person is called in the Hebrew language Yehôshûa‛ (H: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ). It can be translated into English as Joshua, or into Greek as Iēsous (G: Ἰησοῦς) and then translated into English as Jesus. In that case, Jesus is just a variation of Joshua. We are talking about the same person. It is likely similar with Salmon, not a contradiction, but just how it was translated from one language to another.