Early Alexandrian witnesses secure Matthew 1’s original text, preserving hard readings in the genealogy, the anaphoric incipit, and restrained fulfillment formulas.
NTTC MATTHEW 1:3: “Zara” or “Zare”
Matthew 1:3 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 3 and Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez became the father of Hezron, and Hezron became the father of Ram,

