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For this aMelchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the bMost High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
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Genesis 14:18-20, Hebrews 7:6
Genesis 14
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And aMelchizedek king of Salem brought out bbread and wine; now he was a cpriest of God Most High.
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He blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, aPossessor of heaven and earth;
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And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand."
Hebrews 7
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But the one awhose genealogy is not traced from them bcollected a tenth from Abraham and bblessed the one who chad the promises.