Lineages

Ἡ μὲν ἱερὰ τῶν Εὐαγγελίων πυκτὴ, ἡ εἰς τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τὴν γενεαλογίαν κατάγουσα ἐκ τοῦ Δαβὶδ ἔλκοντα τὴν συγγένειαν, ἠρκέσθη δι' αὐτοῦ ἀποδεῖξαι καὶ τὴν Παρθένου τοῦ Δαβὶδ συμφυλέτιδα· τοῦ θείου νόμου τὰς συζυγίας αὐτοφύλους θεσπίζοντες γίνεσθαι. Ὁ δὲ τῶν οὐρανίων ὑποφήτης δογμάτων, ὁ μέγας ἀπόστολος Παῦλος, ἀναφανδὸν διασαφεῖ τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ἐκ τοῦ Ἰούδα μαρτυρῶν ἀνατεῖλαι τὸν Κύριον. Ταῦτα δὲ δριμύτερον ἐπιστάμενος, μὴ εἰρωνεύου τὴν ἐπερώτησιν. Οὐ γὰρ λανθάνεις θηρῶν τὴν εὐτέλειαν. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ Ζ´ Τιμοθεῳ Source: Migne PG 78.184c

The holy book of the Gospels gives the genealogy of Joseph, drawing the lineage from David, 1 and there is enough there to demonstrate that the Virgin was also from the same tribe of David, which marriage in the same tribe the Divine law ratifies. 2 But however you understand the heavenly teachings, the great Apostle Paul, explains the truth most openly, when he bears witness that the Lord arose from Judah. 3 And these things knowing more accurately, you need not give voice to this question. You cannot hide the inferiority of beasts. Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 7, Timotheus 1 Mt. 1-16 2 Numb 36.8 3 Hebr 7.14