Hebrews 7:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and he who was not reckoned by genealogy of them, received tithes from Abraham, and him having the promises he hath blessed,

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  • Rom 4:13 : 13 For not through law `is' the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;
  • Gen 14:19-20 : 19 and he blesseth him, and saith, `Blessed `is' Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth; 20 and blessed `is' God Most High, who hath delivered thine adversaries into thy hand;' and he giveth to him a tenth of all.
  • Heb 7:3-4 : 3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, and being made like to the Son of God, doth remain a priest continually. 4 And see how great this one `is', to whom also a tenth Abraham the patriarch did give out of the best of the spoils,
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted `them', and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth,
  • Heb 11:17 : 17 By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
  • Gen 12:13 : 13 say, I pray thee, thou `art' my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.'
  • Gen 13:14-17 : 14 And Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, `Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou `art', northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward; 15 for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed -- to the age. 16 And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered; 17 rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to thee I give it.'
  • Gen 17:4-8 : 4 `I -- lo, My covenant `is' with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations; 5 and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee; 6 and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee. 7 `And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee; 8 and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.'
  • Gen 22:17-18 : 17 that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which `is' on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies; 18 and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'
  • Acts 3:25 : 25 `Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made unto our fathers, saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall be blessed all the families of the earth;
  • Rom 9:4 : 4 who are Israelites, whose `is' the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,
  • Gal 3:16 : 16 and to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed; He doth not say, `And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, `And to thy seed,' which is Christ;
  • Heb 6:13-15 : 13 For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself, 14 saying, `Blessing indeed I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;' 15 and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;
  • Heb 7:1 : 1 For this Melchisedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who did meet Abraham turning back from the smiting of the kings, and did bless him,

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  • Heb 7:1-5
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    1For this Melchisedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who did meet Abraham turning back from the smiting of the kings, and did bless him,

    2to whom also a tenth of all did Abraham divide, (first, indeed, being interpreted, `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, and being made like to the Son of God, doth remain a priest continually.

    4And see how great this one `is', to whom also a tenth Abraham the patriarch did give out of the best of the spoils,

    5and those, indeed, out of the sons of Levi receiving the priesthood, a command have to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is, their brethren, even though they came forth out of the loins of Abraham;

  • Heb 7:7-11
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    7and apart from all controversy, the less by the better is blessed --

    8and here, indeed, men who die do receive tithes, and there `he', who is testified to that he was living,

    9and so to speak, through Abraham even Levi who is receiving tithes, hath paid tithes,

    10for he was yet in the loins of the father when Melchisedek met him.

    11If indeed, then, perfection were through the Levitical priesthood -- for the people under it had received law -- what further need, according to the order of Melchisedek, for another priest to arise, and not to be called according to the order of Aaron?

  • Gal 3:6-9
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    6according as Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;

    7know ye, then, that those of faith -- these are sons of Abraham,

    8and the Writing having foreseen that by faith God doth declare righteous the nations did proclaim before the good news to Abraham --

    9`Blessed in thee shall be all the nations;' so that those of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham,

  • Heb 7:13-16
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    13for he of whom these things are said in another tribe hath had part, of whom no one gave attendance at the altar,

    14for `it is' evident that out of Judah hath arisen our Lord, in regard to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

    15And it is yet more abundantly most evident, if according to the similitude of Melchisedek there doth arise another priest,

    16who came not according to the law of a fleshly command, but according to the power of an endless life,

  • Heb 6:13-14
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    13For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself,

    14saying, `Blessing indeed I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;'

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,

    18of whom it was said -- `In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

  • Gen 14:19-20
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    19and he blesseth him, and saith, `Blessed `is' Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth;

    20and blessed `is' God Most High, who hath delivered thine adversaries into thy hand;' and he giveth to him a tenth of all.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4and He doth give to thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, to cause thee to possess the land of thy sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.'

  • Gen 12:3
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    3And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'

  • Acts 7:8
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    8`And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac `begat' Jacob, and Jacob -- the twelve patriarchs;

  • Heb 7:20
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    20And inasmuch as `it is' not apart from oath, (for those indeed apart from oath are become priests,

  • Gal 3:14-16
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    14that to the nations the blessing of Abraham may come in Christ Jesus, that the promise of the Spirit we may receive through the faith.

    15Brethren, as a man I say `it', even of man a confirmed covenant no one doth make void or doth add to,

    16and to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed; He doth not say, `And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, `And to thy seed,' which is Christ;

  • Acts 7:5
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    5and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him -- he having no child.

  • Rom 4:9-10
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    9`Is' this happiness, then, upon the circumcision, or also upon the uncircumcision -- for we say that the faith was reckoned to Abraham -- to righteousness?

    10how then was it reckoned? he being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;

  • Matt 1:2
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    2Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren,

  • Acts 3:25
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    25`Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made unto our fathers, saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall be blessed all the families of the earth;

  • Rom 9:5
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    5whose `are' the fathers, and of whom `is' the Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed to the ages. Amen.

  • Rom 9:7
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    7nor because they are seed of Abraham `are' all children, but -- `in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

  • Deut 10:9
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    9therefore there hath not been to Levi a portion and inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah Himself `is' his inheritance, as Jehovah thy God hath spoken to him.

  • Heb 11:9
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    9by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise,

  • Rom 4:12-13
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    12and father of circumcision to those not of circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of the faith, that `is' in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.

    13For not through law `is' the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;

  • Luke 1:73
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    73An oath that He sware to Abraham our father,

  • Rom 4:16
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    16Because of this `it is' of faith, that `it may be' according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which `is' of the law only, but also to that which `is' of the faith of Abraham,

  • 1 Chr 16:16
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    16Which He hath made with Abraham, And His oath -- to Isaac,

  • Gen 18:18
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    18and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?

  • Heb 11:20
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    20By faith, concerning coming things, Isaac did bless Jacob and Esau;

  • Gal 3:18
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    18for if by law `be' the inheritance, `it is' no more by promise, but to Abraham through promise did God grant `it'.

  • Rom 4:2
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    2for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before god;