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Genesis 14:18

NETBible	Melchizedek king of Salem¹ brought out bread and wine. (Now he was the priest of the Most High God.)²
NIV © biblegateway Gen 14:18	Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High,
NASB © biblegateway Gen 14:18	And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 14:18	Then Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a priest of God Most High, brought him bread and wine.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 14:18	Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine--he was priest of The High God--
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 14:18	And Melchizedek, king of Salem, the priest of the Most High God, took bread and wine,
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 14:18	And King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of God Most High.
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 14:18	Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High.
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KJV	And Melchizedek <04442> king <04428> of Salem <08004> brought forth <03318> (8689) bread <03899> and wine <03196>_: and he [was] the priest <03548> of the most high <05945> God <0410>_.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 14:18	And Melchizedek <04442> king <04428> of Salem <08004> brought <03318> out bread <03899> and wine <03196> ; now he was a priest <03548> of God <0410> Most <05945> High <05945> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ melcisedek <3198> N-PRI basileuv <935> N-NSM salhm <4532> N-PRI exhnegken <1627> V-AAI-3S artouv <740> N-APM kai <2532> CONJ oinon <3631> N-ASM hn <1510> V-IAI-3S de <1161> PRT iereuv <2409> N-NSM tou <3588> T-GSM yeou <2316> N-GSM tou <3588> T-GSM uqistou <5310> A-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	Melchizedek <04442> king <04428> of Salem <08004> brought out <03318> bread <03899> and wine <03196> . (Now he <01931> was the priest <03548> of the Most <05945> High God <0410> .)
HEBREW	Nwyle <05945> lal <0410> Nhk <03548> awhw <01931> Nyyw <03196> Mxl <03899> ayuwh <03318> Mls <08004> Klm <04428> qdu <04442> yklmw (14:18) <0>

NETBible

Melchizedek king of Salem¹ brought out bread and wine. (Now he was the priest of the Most High God.)²

NET Notes

¹sn Salem is traditionally identified as the Jebusite stronghold of old Jerusalem. Accordingly, there has been much speculation about its king. Though some have identified him with the preincarnate Christ or with Noah’s son Shem, it is far more likely that Melchizedek was a Canaanite royal priest whom God used to renew the promise of the blessing to Abram, perhaps because Abram considered Melchizedek his spiritual superior. But Melchizedek remains an enigma. In a book filled with genealogical records he appears on the scene without a genealogy and then disappears from the narrative. In Psalm 110 the Lord declares that the Davidic king is a royal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.

²tn The parenthetical disjunctive clause significantly identifies Melchizedek as a priest as well as a king.

²sn It is his royal priestly status that makes Melchizedek a type of Christ: He was identified with Jerusalem, superior to the ancestor of Israel, and both a king and a priest. Unlike the normal Canaanites, this man served “God Most High” (אֵל עֶלְיוֹן, ’el ’elyon) – one sovereign God, who was the creator of all the universe. Abram had in him a spiritual brother.