Bible Verses About Abraham: Is blessed by Melchizedek

And Melchi-zedek King of Shalem brought foorth bread and wine: and he was a Priest of the most high God.

Therefore he blessed him, saying, Blessed art thou, Abram, of God most high possessour of heauen and earth,

And blessed be the most high God, which hath deliuered thine enemies into thine hand. And Abram gaue him tythe of all.

For this Melchi-sedec was King of Salem, the Priest of the most high God, who met Abraham, as he returned from the slaughter of the Kings, and blessed him:

To whom also Abraham gaue the tithe of all things: who first is by interpretation King of righteousnes: after that, he is also King of Salem, that is, King of peace,

Without father, without mother, without kinred, and hath neither beginning of his dayes, neither ende of life: but is likened vnto the Sonne of God, and continueth a Priest for euer.

Nowe consider how great this man was, vnto whome euen the Patriarke Abraham gaue the tithe of the spoyles.

For verely they which are the childre of Leui, which receiue the office of the Priesthode, haue a commandement to take, according to the Law, tithes of the people (that is, of their bethren) though they came out of ye loynes of Abraham.

But he whose kindred is not couted among them, receiued tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

And without all contradiction the lesse is blessed of the greater.

And here men that die, receiue tithes: but there he receiueth them, of whome it is witnessed, that he liueth.

And to say as the thing is, Leui also which receiueth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

For hee was yet in the loynes of his father Abraham, when Melchi-sedec met him.