Abram Blessed by Melchizedek
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After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the s King's Valley).
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And t Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was u priest of v God Most High.)
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And he blessed him and said,
w "Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
x Possessor of heaven and earth;
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and blessed be God Most High,
who has delivered your enemies into your hand!"
And Abram gave him y a tenth of everything.
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And the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, but take the goods for yourself."
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But Abram said to the king of Sodom, z "I have lifted my hand to the Lord, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,
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that a I would not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'
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I will take nothing but what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me. Let b Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre take their share."
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Cross References
2 Samuel 18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar that is in the King's Valley, for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance." He called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's monument to this day.
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Cross References
Hebrews 7:1
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him.
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Cross References
Psalms 110:4
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind...
Hebrews 5:6
As he says also in another place, "You are a pr...
Hebrews 5:10
Being designated by God a high priest after the...
Hebrews 7:1
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of ...
Hebrews 7:11
Now if perfection had been attainable through t...
Hebrews 7:17
For it is witnessed of him, "You are a priest f...
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Cross References
Psalms 57:2
I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.
Acts 16:17
She followed Paul and us, crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.
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Cross References
Hebrews 7:6 - 7
But this man who does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
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Cross References
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children.
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Cross References
Hebrews 7:4
See how great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils!
Genesis 28:22
And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.
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Cross References
Exodus 6:8
I will bring you into the land that I swore to ...
Numbers 14:30
Not one shall come into the land where I swore ...
Deuteronomy 32:40
For I lift up my hand to heaven and swear, As I...
Ezekiel 20:5 - 6
And say to them, Thus says the Lord God : On th...
Ezekiel 20:15
Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness tha...
Ezekiel 20:23
Moreover, I swore to them in the wilderness tha...
Ezekiel 20:28
For when I had brought them into the land that ...
Daniel 12:7
And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was a...
Revelation 10:5 - 6
And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea an...
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Cross References
Esther 9:15 - 16
The Jews who were in Susa gathered also on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and they killed 300 men in Susa, but they laid no hands on the plunder.
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Cross References
Genesis 14:13
Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram.
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