Next, consider how great this man is, since the Patriarch Abraham even gave tithes to him from the principal things.
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.
And blessed be the Most High God, through whose protection the enemies are in your hands." And he gave him tithes from everything.
Noble brothers, permit me to speak freely to you about the Patriarch David: for he passed away and was buried, and his sepulcher is with us, even to this very day.
And so the Scripture was fulfilled which says: "Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice." And so he was called the friend of God.