4 Greater than Abram

Hebrews 7:4-10 (ESV)

^4  See how great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils!

^5  And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, though these also are descended from Abraham.

^6  But this man who does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

^7  It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior.

^8  In the one case tithes are received by mortal men, but in the other case, by one of whom it is testified that he lives.

^9  One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,

^10  for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.