Hebrews 7:6
But this person [Melchizedek] who is not from their Levitical ancestry received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who possessed the promises [of God].
Romans 4:13
For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through [observing the requirements of] the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Genesis 14:19-20
And Melchizedek blessed Abram and said,
Creator and Possessor of heaven and earth;
Genesis 12:2
And
And I will bless you [abundantly],
And make your name great (exalted, distinguished);
And you shall be a blessing [a source of great good to others];
Genesis 12:13
Please tell them that you are
Genesis 13:14-17
The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had left him, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are standing, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
Genesis 17:4-8
“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,
And [as a result] you shall be the father of many nations.
Genesis 22:17-18
indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies [as conquerors].
Acts 3:25
You are the sons (descendants) of the prophets and [heirs] of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed (descendant) all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’
Romans 9:4
who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, the glory (
Galatians 3:16
Now the promises [in the covenants] were decreed to Abraham and to his seed. God does not say, “And to seeds (descendants, heirs),” as if [referring] to many [persons], but as to one, “And to your Seed,” who is [none other than] Christ.
Hebrews 6:13-15
For when God made the promise to Abraham, He swore [an oath] by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom to swear,
Hebrews 7:1
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham as he returned from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
Hebrews 7:3-4
Without [
Hebrews 11:13
All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God’s] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Hebrews 11:17
By faith Abraham, when he was tested [that is, as the testing of his faith was still in progress],
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And I will bless you [abundantly],
And make your name great (exalted, distinguished);
And you shall be a blessing [a source of great good to others];
“As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you,
And [as a result] you shall be the father of many nations.