The Greatness of Melchizedek
1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, met Abraham and blessed him as he returned from defeating the kings, 2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means king of righteousness, then also, king of Salem, meaning king of peace. 3 Without father, mother, or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God, 7:1–3 Gn 14:18–20; Mt 4:3; Mk 5:7; Heb 7:6 he remains a priest forever.