For, verily, he does not take hold of angels, but he takes hold of the posterity of Abraham.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,

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

to whom also Abraham gave a tenth of all, being, first, by interpretation, King of righteousness, and then, also, King of Salem, which means King of peace,

Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils.

And those of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

but he who does not count his genealogy from them, received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

And so to speak, even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham;

By faith Abraham, when called to go out into a place that he should afterward receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: even his first-born, did he that had received the promises, offer up,