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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.
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 see how great this man was, to whom our father Abraham gave a tenth part of what he had got in the fight.
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
no grass or plants were growing anywhere. God had not yet sent any rain, and there was no one to work the land.
Then the Lord said, "I won't let my life-giving breath remain in anyone forever. No one will live for more than one hundred twenty years."
and he said, "I'll destroy every living creature on earth! I'll wipe out people, animals, birds, and reptiles. I'm sorry I ever made them."
So he told Noah: Cruelty and violence have spread everywhere. Now I'm going to destroy the whole earth and all its people.
I'm going to send a flood that will destroy everything that breathes! Nothing will be left alive.
Seven days later a flood began to cover the earth.
Noah was six hundred years old when the water under the earth started gushing out everywhere. The sky opened like windows, and rain poured down for forty days and nights. All this began on the seventeenth day of the second month of the year.
For forty days the rain poured down without stopping. And the water became deeper and deeper, until the boat started floating high above the ground.
Not a bird, animal, reptile, or human was left alive anywhere on earth.
Seven days later Noah sent the dove out again.
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.
