For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

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Melchizedek the Priest

This Melchizedek was king of Salem(A) and priest of God Most High.(B) He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,(C)

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18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

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18 Then Melchizedek(A) king of Salem(B) brought out bread(C) and wine.(D) He was priest of God Most High,(E) 19 and he blessed Abram,(F) saying,

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,(G)
    Creator of heaven and earth.(H)
20 And praise be to God Most High,(I)
    who delivered your enemies into your hand.”

Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.(J)

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20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

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20 where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf.(A) He has become a high priest(B) forever, in the order of Melchizedek.(C)

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Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

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With what shall I come before(A) the Lord
    and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
    with calves a year old?(B)

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I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.

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I cry out to God Most High,
    to God, who vindicates me.(A)

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And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

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He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me,(A) Jesus, Son of the Most High God?(B) In God’s name don’t torture me!”

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18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

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18 “Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar(A) sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor.(B)

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35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

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35 They remembered that God was their Rock,(A)
    that God Most High was their Redeemer.(B)

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In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

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His tent is in Salem,(A)
    his dwelling place in Zion.(B)

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14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

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14 That is why the well(A) was called Beer Lahai Roi[a];(B) it is still there, between Kadesh(C) and Bered.

15 So Hagar(D) bore Abram a son,(E) and Abram gave the name Ishmael(F) to the son she had borne. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old(G) when Hagar bore him Ishmael.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:14 Beer Lahai Roi means well of the Living One who sees me.

17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

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17 She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God,(A) who are telling you the way to be saved.”

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21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

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21 He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like the ox; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign(A) over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes.(B)

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I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.

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It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs(A) and wonders that the Most High God(B) has performed for me.

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