the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Hebrews 7:4
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Now consider how great this man was: even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the plunder to him.
Now consider how great this man was, vnto who euen the patriarch Abraham gaue the tenth of the spoiles.
Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
See how great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils!
Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the choicest spoils.
You can see how great Melchizedek was. Abraham, the great father, gave him a tenth of everything that he won in battle.
Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the choicest spoils.
Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the spoils.
Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him the first tenth of the plunder.
Notice how great Melchizedek is! Our famous ancestor Abraham gave him a tenth of what he had taken from his enemies.
Just think how great he was! Even the Patriarch Avraham gave him a tenth of the choicest spoils.
Now consider how great this [personage] was, to whom [even] the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the spoils.
You can see that Melchizedek was very great. Abraham, our great ancestor, gave him a tenth of everything he won in battle.
Nowe consider how great this man was, vnto whome euen the Patriarke Abraham gaue the tithe of the spoyles.
Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave tithes and paid head tax.
You see, then, how great he was. Abraham, our famous ancestor, gave him one tenth of all he got in the battle.
But see how great this man was, to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth from the spoils!
Now behold how great this one was , to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils;
Now pause and consider how great this man was to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the spoils.
Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.
Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Avraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.
Just look at how great this man was! Even Abraham - the patriarch himself - gave him a tenth of what he had captured!Genesis 14:20;">[xr]
But see how great this (person was,) that Abraham, head of the fathers, gave to him the tenths and the choicest things.
And consider ye, how great he was; to whom the patriarch Abraham gave tithes and first-fruits.
Nowe consider howe great this [man] was, vnto whom also the patriarche Abraham gaue tythe of the spoyles.
Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.
Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.
Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils,
Now think how great this priest-king must have been to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth part of the best of the spoil.
But biholde ye how greet is this, to whom Abraham the patriark yaf tithis of the beste thingis.
Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.
Now consider how great this man [was], to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.
Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils.
Consider then how great this Melchizedek was. Even Abraham, the great patriarch of Israel, recognized this by giving him a tenth of what he had taken in battle.
We can see how great Melchizedek was. Abraham gave him one-tenth part of all he had taken in the war.
See how great he is! Even Abraham the patriarch gave him a tenth of the spoils.
Now consider, how great, this man was, to whom, a tenth, Abraham gave out of the choicest spoils, Yea Abraham the Patriarch.
Now consider how great this man is, to whom also Abraham the patriarch gave tithes out of the principal things.
See how great he is! Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of the spoils.
Consyder what a man this was vnto who the patriarke Abraham gave tythes of the spoyles.
And see how great this one [is], to whom also a tenth Abraham the patriarch did give out of the best of the spoils,
But cosider how greate a man this was, to whom the Patriarke Abraham gaue tithes of the spoyles.
Now consider the dignity of this person, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
You realize just how great Melchizedek is when you see that Father Abraham gave him a tenth of the captured treasure. Priests descended from Levi are commanded by law to collect tithes from the people, even though they are all more or less equals, priests and people, having a common father in Abraham. But this man, a complete outsider, collected tithes from Abraham and blessed him, the one to whom the promises had been given. In acts of blessing, the lesser is blessed by the greater.
Now, old Mel was a great cowboy and y'all need to chew on this for a minute. Even Abraham, God's chosen man to be the first of his people, saw how great Mel was and showed his respect by giving him ten percent of the plunder he'd won.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the patriarch: Acts 2:29, Acts 7:8, Acts 7:9
Abraham: Genesis 12:2, Genesis 17:5, Genesis 17:6, Romans 4:11-13, Romans 4:17, Romans 4:18, Galatians 3:28, Galatians 3:29, James 2:23
gave: Genesis 14:20
Reciprocal: Numbers 31:41 - Eleazar Zechariah 6:12 - behold 2 Timothy 2:7 - Consider Hebrews 7:6 - received Hebrews 7:9 - payed
Cross-References
In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.
And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.
And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.
And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.
For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.
And after the seven days, the waters came over all the earth.
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;
And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.
And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.
And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now consider how great this man was,.... Melchizedek, of whom so many great and wonderful things are said in the preceding verses: and as follows,
unto whom the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils; of Abraham's giving tithes to him, :- and Melchizedek's greatness is aggravated, not only from this act of Abraham's, but from Abraham's being a "patriarch", who did it; he was the patriarch of patriarchs, as the sons of Jacob are called, Acts 7:8 he is the patriarch of the whole Jewish nation, and of many nations, and of all believers, the friend of God, and heir of the world; how great then must Melchizedek be, to whom he paid tithes? and how much greater must Christ, the antitype of Melchizedek, be?
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Now consider how great this man was - The object of the apostle was to exalt the rank and dignity of Melchizedek. The Jews had a profound veneration for Abraham, and if it could be shown that Melchizedek was superior to Abraham, then it would be easy to demonstrate the superiority of Christ as a priest to all who descended from Abraham. Accordingly he argues, that he to whom even the patriarch Abraham showed so much respect, must have had an exalted rank. Abraham, according to the views of the East, the illustrious ancestor of the Jewish nation, was regarded as superior to any of his posterity, and of course was to be considered as of higher rank and dignity than the Levitical priests who were descended from him.
Even the patriarch Abraham - One so great as he is acknowledged to have been. On the word “patriarch,” see the notes on Acts 2:29. It occurs only in Acts 2:29; Acts 7:8-9, and in this place.
Gave the tenth of the spoils - see the notes, Hebrews 7:2. The argument here is, that Abraham acknowledged the superiority of Melchizedek by thus devoting the usual part of the spoils of war, or of what was possessed, to God by his hands, as the priest of the Most High. Instead of making a direct consecration by himself, he brought them to him as a minister of religion, and recognized in him one who had a higher official standing in the matter of religion than himself. The Greek word rendered here “spoils” - ἀκροθίνιον akrothinion - means literally, “the top of the heap,” from ἄκρον akron, “top,” and θίν thin, “heap.” The Greeks were accustomed, after a battle, to collect the spoils together, and throw them into a pile, and then, before they were distributed, to take off a portion from the top, and devote it to the gods; Xen. Cyro. 7, 5, 35; Herod. i. 86, 90; 8:121, 122; Dion. Hal. ii. In like manner it was customary to place the harvest in a heap, and as the first thing to take off a portion from the top to consecrate as a thank-offering to God. The word then came to denote the “first-fruits” which were offered to God, and then the best of the spoils of battle. It has that sense here, and denotes the spoils or plunder which Abraham had taken of the discomfited kings.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Hebrews 7:4. Consider how great this man was — There is something exceedingly mysterious in the person and character of this king of Salem; and to find out the whole is impossible. He seems to have been a sort of universal priest, having none superior to him in all that region; and confessedly superior even to Abraham himself, the father of the faithful, and the source of the Jewish race. See Hebrews 7:7.
The patriarch Abraham — ο πατριαρχης. Either from πατηρ, a father, and αρχη, a chief or head; or from πατριας αρχη, the head of a family.' But the title is here applied, by way of eminence, to him who was the head or chief of all the fathers-or patriarch of the patriarchs, and father of the faithful. The Syriac translates it [Syriac] Rish Abahatha, "head of the fathers." The character and conduct of Abraham place him, as a man, deservedly at the head of the human race.
