Hebrews 7:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.”
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“Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And see how great this one <FI>is<Fi> , to whom also a tenth Abraham the patriarch did give out of the best of the spoils,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hebrews 7:4 — 9 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 14:20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
- Genesis 17:5No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
- Acts 2:29Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
- Acts 7:8Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
- Romans 4:11And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
- Romans 4:17As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
- Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- James 2:23And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
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