Hebrews 7:6

New American Bible - revised edition

But he who was not of their ancestry received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had received the promises.

Cross References

Genesis 12:13

Please say, therefore, that you are my sister, so that I may fare well on your account and my life may be spared for your sake.”

Genesis 12:2

I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Acts 3:25

You are the children of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors when he said to Abraham, ‘In your offspring all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

Romans 4:13

It was not through the law that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants that he would inherit the world, but through the righteousness that comes from faith.

Romans 9:4

They are Israelites; theirs the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises;

Galatians 3:16

Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his descendant. It does not say, “And to descendants,” as referring to many, but as referring to one, “And to your descendant,” who is Christ.

Hebrews 11:13

All these died in faith. They did not receive what had been promised but saw it and greeted it from afar and acknowledged themselves to be strangers and aliens on earth,

Hebrews 11:17

By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was ready to offer his only son,

Hebrews 7:1

This “Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of God Most High,” “met Abraham as he returned from his defeat of the kings” and “blessed him.”

Hebrews 7:7

Unquestionably, a lesser person is blessed by a greater.