to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth of everything[a]—in the first place, his name is translated “king of righteousness,” and then also “king of Salem,” that is, “king of peace”; without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God—he remains a priest for all time.

But see how great this man was, to whom Abraham[b] the patriarch gave a tenth from the spoils!

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:2 A quotation from Gen 14:20
  2. Hebrews 7:4 Some manuscripts have “even Abraham”