¹⁰ for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.

⁵ And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to collect tithes^[a] from the people, that is, from their kindred, though these also are descended from Abraham.^(A)

²⁶ All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt who were his own offspring, not including the wives of his sons, were sixty-six persons in all.^(A)

¹¹ God said to him, “I am God Almighty:^[a] be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall spring from you.^(A)

¹⁹ nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’^(A)