It was this Melchizedek, King of Salem and Priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him;

But this man who had no Levitical genealogy actually took tithes of Abraham, and blessed him to whom the promises belong.

Now it is beyond all controversy that the inferior is always blessed by the superior.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.