4Now consider how great this man is, to whom also Abraham the patriarch gave tithes out of the principal things.
4Now consider how great this man is, to whom also Abraham the patriarch gave tithes out of the principal things.
1 For this Melchisedech was king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him:
2 To whom also Abraham divided the tithes of all: who first indeed by interpretation, is king of justice: and then also king of Salem, that is, king of peace:
3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but likened unto the Son of God, continueth a priest for ever.
4 Now consider how great this man is, to whom also Abraham the patriarch gave tithes out of the principal things.
5 And indeed they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is to say, of their brethren: though they themselves also came out of the loins of Abraham.
6 But he, whose pedigree is not numbered among them, received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
7:4Now consider how great this man [was,] unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
7:4Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!
7:4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.
7:4Now consider how great this personage was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the spoils.
7:4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.
7:4Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
7:4Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.
7:4And see how great this one is, to whom also a tenth Abraham the patriarch did give out of the best of the spoils,
7:4Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.