Hebrews 7:6 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁶ but he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ but he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ But this person who has not their Levitical ancestry received tithes from Abraham [himself] and blessed him who possessed the promises [of God].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises.

Common English Bible

⁶ But Melchizedek, who isn’t related to them, received a tenth of everything from Abraham and blessed the one who had received the promises.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But this man, whose lineage is not enumerated with them, received tithes from Abraham, and he blessed even the one who held the promises.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ But he, whose pedigree is not numbered among them, received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

Hebrews 7:6 Cross References

Genesis 12:13

Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

Genesis 12:2

and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

Acts 3:25

Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Romans 4:13

For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Romans 9:4

who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;

Galatians 3:16

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Hebrews 11:13

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Hebrews 11:17

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

Hebrews 7:1

For this Melchiz´edek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

Hebrews 7:7

And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.