Hebrews 7:10
for he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.
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- Gen 35:11 : 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
- Gen 46:26 : 26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
- 1 Kgs 8:19 : 19 nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
- Heb 7:5 : 5 And they indeed of the sons of Levi that receive the priest's office have commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though these have come out of the loins of Abraham:
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- Heb 7:1-99 verses82%
1For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
2to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, which is King of peace;
3without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God), abideth a priest continually.
4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.
5And they indeed of the sons of Levi that receive the priest's office have commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though these have come out of the loins of Abraham:
6but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises.
7But without any dispute the less is blessed of the better.
8And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
9And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, hath paid tithes;
- Heb 7:11-177 verses78%
11Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need [was there] that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron?
12For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
13For he of whom these things are said belongeth to another tribe, from which no man hath given attendance at the altar.
14For it is evident that our Lord hath sprung out of Judah; as to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priests.
15And [what we say] is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest,
16who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life:
17for it is witnessed [of him], Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
- Heb 7:20-212 verses74%
20And inasmuch as [it is] not without the taking of an oath
21(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him that saith of him, The Lord sware and will not repent himself, Thou art a priest for ever);
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10named of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
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6as he saith also in another [place], Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
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2And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
- Rom 4:10-123 verses70%
10How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision:
11and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision; that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them;
12and the father of circumcision to them who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had in uncircumcision.
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20whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
- Gen 14:17-182 verses70%
17And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh (the same is the King's Vale).
18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.
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10And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac--
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4Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
- Heb 11:17-193 verses69%
17By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten [son] ;
18[ even he] to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:
19accounting that God [is] able to raise up, even from the dead; from whence he did also in a figure receive him back.
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8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
- Acts 7:4-52 verses68%
4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, [God] removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell:
5and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.
- Heb 11:8-103 verses68%
8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
9By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a [land] not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
10for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
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1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh?
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4Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the law;
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24And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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9Wherefore Levi hath no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah thy God spake unto him.)
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5And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
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28For the law appointeth men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after the law, [appointeth] a Son, perfected for evermore.
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13For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,
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73The oath which he spake unto Abraham our father,
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9[ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,
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17But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
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5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, But a body didst thou prepare for me;
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19And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb;