Genesis 14:18-20

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¹⁸And Melchiz′edek^[a] king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of God Most High. ¹⁹And he blessed him and said,

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
maker of heaven and earth;
²⁰and blessed be God Most High,
who has delivered your enemies into your hand!”

And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

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Footnotes

14.18 Melchizedek was later taken as a Messianic figure (Ps 110.4) and interpreted in the New Testament as foreshadowing Christ, whose priesthood (including the offering of bread and wine) exceeds that of the Old Testament; cf. Heb. 7.1-7.

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