Hebrews 7:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.”
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“But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.”
King James Version · Public Domain“but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he who was not reckoned by genealogy of them, received tithes from Abraham, and him having the promises he hath blessed,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hebrews 7:6 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Genesis 12:13Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
- Genesis 13:14After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
- Genesis 14:19and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
- Genesis 17:4“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
- Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- Acts 3:25And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
- Romans 4:13For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
- Romans 9:4the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
- Galatians 3:16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
- Hebrews 6:13When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
- Hebrews 7:1This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
- Hebrews 7:3Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.
- Hebrews 11:13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
- Hebrews 11:17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
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