(Malt, and Lii/ct.)
Salatkiel
Zorobabel (the Prince, or Rbesa)
Joanna (Hananiah, in 1 Cbron. iii, 19, omitted by Matthew, i, 13)
Juda, or Ab-iud (Hodainh, 1 Chron. iii, '24) I
Matt. Eliaklm
Sadoc
I Achiui
Semei
I
^lattathias
I
Maath
I
Esli
I
Naum
Joseph Janna Melchi
(Matt, and Luke.)
His heir wa3 Matthan or Matthat
I
Heli
I
I (Matt, and Luke.)
1 ■ I
ilary. Jacob's heir was Joseph
I Jesus, called Christ.
The violent character of these suppositions is suffi- ciently obvious. (See each name in its place.)
(5.) Others, like Alford (^Comment, ad loc), content themselves with saj-ing that solution is impossible without further knowledge than we possess. But this is a view in which, with the actual documents before us, few will be disposed to acquiesce.
See, in addition to the works alread}' referred to. Mill, Vinili cation of the Genealogies (Cambridge, 1842); Beeston, Geneal. of Matt, and Luke (3d ed. Lond. 1842) ; Jour. Sac. Lit. Ji'ily, 1856 ; Meth. Quar. Ecv. Oct. 1852, p. 593 sq. ; Schleyer, in the Theoloy. Qiiartelschr. 18.^6. Older treatises ma}' be seen in Diirling's Gijclop. Bib- liotjrapJi. ii, col. 771 sq., 1854 ; Volbeding, Index, p. 7 ; Hase, Leben Jesu, p. 51. See Lineage.
Gensbrard, Gilbert, a celebrated Benedictine, was burn at liioni, in Auvergne, in 1537. Having en- tered into the Benedictine order at the abbey of Maus- sac, lie studied at Paris, where he learned Greek under Turnebiiis. In 15Gi) he was made professor of Hebrew at the Royal College of Navarre. In 1592 he was made archbishop of Aix bj' Gregory XIV. He had, in the same year, published a '"Treatise of Elections" {De Sarrarum Electionum Jure et necessitate, ad Eccle- sife Gallicimai Rediutt'fjrationem), in whicli he maintain- ed that the elections of bishops belong of right to the clergy and people, and argued acutely against the nom- inations of kin-cs and princes. The Parliament of Aix in 159G decreed that liis book should be burnt by the hands of the common executioner, and, after dejiriving the autlior of his see, condemned him to V)anishmcnt from the kingdom, proliil)iting his return to it on pain of death. He was afterwards permitted to return to his priory at Semur, whore he died March 24, 1597. Genebrard was one of the most learned men of his time. He wrote in Latin, besides the work above men- tioned) and others of which a list is given in Dupin, A
Sacred Chronology (8vo) : — Notes upon the Scripture:— A Commentary upon the Psalms (8v(i), in wbicli he par- ticularly applies liimself to recor.c'.le the Hebrew text with the vulgar Latin, and defends the Septuagint ver- sion ; the best edition is that of Paris (15.S8, fol.) — .1 Ti-anslaiion of the Canticles into Iambic Verse: — Notes upon the Hebrew Grammar. He published an edition of Origen's Works, with a Latin version (1578) ; and a translation into French of Josephus (2 vols. 8vo). — Ttn- ]nn,Eccl. Writers, cent, xvi ; Hoefer. Nouv. liiug. Gine- rale, xix, 865 ; Hook, Eccl. Blog. v, 287.
General (of religious order), " in the Roman Cath- olic Church, the supreme head, under the pope, of the aggregated communities throughout Christendom be- longing to a religious order. The governing authori- ties of the monastic orders in the Roman Catholic Church maj' be arranged in three classes: (1.) The superiors of individual convents or communities, called in different orders by the various names of abbot, pri- or, rector, guardian, etc. ; (2.) The provincials, who have authority over all the convents of an entire prov- ince— the provinces, in the monastic sense of the word, being usually coincident as to local limits with the several kingdoms in which the order is established ; (3.) The general, to whom not only each member of the order, but all the various officials of every rank, are absolutely subject. The general is usualh' elect- ed by the general chapter of the order, which, in the majority of orders, consists properly' of the provin- cials, with whom, however, are commonly associated the heads of the more important monasteries, as also the superiors of certain subdivisions of pros-inces. The office of general in most orders is held for three years. In that of the Jesuits it is for life ; but in all, the election of the general chapter must be confirmed by the pope. In most orders, too, there is assigned to the general a consultor (adnionitor') or associate (soci- us), who, however, is entitled to advise, but ha^ no au- thority to control the superior. The general, also, is supposed to consult with and to receive reports from the various local superiors. He sends, if necessary, a visitor to inquire into particular abuses, or to report upon such controversies as nia}' arise, and he holds a general chapter of the order at stated times, which dif- fer according to the usage of the several orders. The general is exempt from episcopal jurisdiction, being subject to the immediate jurisdiction of the pope him- self. He resides in Rome, where he enjoys certain privileges, the most important of which is the right to sit and vote with the bishops in a general council of the Church." — Chambers, Ericyclojicedia, s. v.
General Assembly. See Assejibly, General.
General Councils. See Cocncils.
General- Vicar. See Vicar-General.
Generation (I^^V"!!^) yirtaig, the act; y(vi't]i.ta, the result: 1T1, yivid, a period). Considerable ob- scurity attends the use of this word in the English version, which arises from the translators having merged the various meanings of the same original word, and even of several dift'erent words, in one com- mon term, "generation." The remark, too, is just, that in the literal translations of the Scriptures, the word "generation'' generally occurs wherever the Latin has generatio, and the Greek ytvEa or y'ti'tntQ (Rees's Encyclopwdia, article Generation). The following in- stances seem to require the original words to lie un- derstood in some one of their derivative senses : Gen. ii, 4, "These are the generations" (mpTl ; Sept.?/ /?(/3XocyfJ't(THiJc; Y\\\q. generatlones'), rather "origin," " history," etc. The same Greek words, Matt, i, 1, are rendered " genealogy," etc., by recent translators : Campbell has "lineage." Gen. v, 1, "The book of the generations" (ribipl "^36; Sept. as before; Vulg. li- ber generationis) is properly a family register, a history