Hebrews 7:10

Modern English Version

for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met Abraham.

Cross References

Genesis 35:11

God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will come from you, and kings shall come forth from you.

Genesis 46:26

All those who came with Jacob to Egypt, who were direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons, were sixty-six in all.

1 Kings 8:19

Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who will come out of your loins, he shall build the house for My name.’

Hebrews 5:6

As He also says in another place: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 7:11

If perfection were attained through the Levitical priesthood (for through it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise in the order of Melchizedek, rather than established in the order of Aaron?

Hebrews 7:5

Surely the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a command to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, from their brothers, though they also come from the seed of Abraham.

Hebrews 7:9

One might say that Levi also, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,