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

The Promise Realized Through Faith

¹³ For ^(A)the promise to Abraham and his offspring ^(B)that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

³ He is without father or mother ^(A)or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.

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

⁴ “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be ^(A)the father of a multitude of nations. ⁵ No longer shall your name be called Abram,^[a] but ^(B)your name shall be Abraham,^{[b] (C)}for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. ⁶ I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make ^(D)you into nations, and ^(E)kings shall come from you. ⁷ And I will ^(F)establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, ^(G)to be God to you and to your offspring after you. ⁸ And ^(H)I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and ^(I)I will be their God.”

¹⁴ The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, ^(A)northward and southward and eastward and westward, ¹⁵ for all the land that you see I will give ^(B)to you and ^(C)to your offspring forever. ^16 (D)I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. ¹⁷ Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.”