You received nothing because you sought nothing. It looks like a string of names, and we might think that it would yield us little spiritual food, but we must not think lightly of any line of the inspired Bible. As we read that first sentence and observe the unique beginning of it we also begin looking for other peculiarities.
Death is written throughout that list of names.
It is also fitting in that the words of the first sentence in Matthew begin the New Covenant, which is the Book of Life. Another peculiarity about the genealogy in Matthew is that it is the only genealogy that list certain women, and even yet another is that the women listed are five in number. Five is the Bible numeric for grace and every one of those women mentioned is a story of grace. That those four women were admitted into the generation of Jesus Christ the Savior of the world is a marvelous manifestation of sovereign grace. Then there is Mary, the Mother of the Savior.