Genesis 14:18

In that country there was a man named Mel-kiz-edek who was the king of a town called Salem. And he was the people's ceremony man for the One True God. And like the king of Sodom, Mel-kiz-edek went out to meet Abram. Mel-kiz-edek gave Abram and all the fighting men some bread and wine and he blessed Abram. This is the way Mel-kiz-edek blessed Abram. Mel-kiz-edek prayed and said, “God, you are more powerful than any other god. You are the one who made heaven and earth. And I ask you to do good things for Abram and to make him strong.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

17Abram and all his fighting men started to go back home after they beat Kedor-lay-omer and the other kings. The king of Sodom went out to meet them when they got to the Valley of Shevah, the low country between the hills. That low country was called the King's Valley.

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Matthew Henry on Genesis 14:18-21

Abram's Interview with Melchizedek. ( b. c. 1913.) 17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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