saying, “Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.”

Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior,

By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.

By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff.

Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him.