<p>3:35 <i>The son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah</i>- &quot;Eber&quot; has been suggested as the first occurrence of &quot;Hebrew&quot;. The Lord is being presented as a well qualified Jew, despite the admixture of Gentile blood at many points. We note that it is Matthew, writing to Jews, who tends to mention the Gentile connections of the Lord's genealogy; whereas Luke, writing to Gentiles, doesn't emphasize them. Perhaps this was in order to demonstrate to them that indeed &quot;salvation is of the Jews&quot; (Jn. 4:22); Gentile salvation was brought about by the Lord being Israel's Messiah and fulfilling the promises to the Jewish fathers.</p>