Verse 4

Consider how great this man was: Even Abraham, the patriarch, gave him a tenth of the best spoils.

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  • Acts 2:29 : 29 “Fellow Israelites, I can confidently say to you that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day.
  • Gen 14:20 : 20 And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.' And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
  • Acts 7:8-9 : 8 Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. Under this covenant, Abraham became the father of Isaac, and on the eighth day, he circumcised him. Isaac then became the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of the twelve patriarchs. 9 Because they were jealous of Joseph, the patriarchs sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him.
  • Rom 4:11-13 : 11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness might also be credited to them, 12 and to be the father of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised. 13 For the promise to Abraham or his descendants that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
  • Rom 4:17-18 : 17 As it is written: 'I have made you a father of many nations.' He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were. 18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, 'So shall your offspring be.'
  • Gal 3:28-29 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
  • Jas 2:23 : 23 And 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.
  • Gen 17:5-6 : 5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of many nations. 6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.