God’s Word Translation
Genesis 14:18
18Then King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was a priest of God Most High.
Genesis 14:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
- New International Version (NIV)Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High,
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.)
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High.
Context of Genesis 14:18
16He brought back everything they had, including women and soldiers. He also brought back his relative Lot and his possessions. 17After Abram came back from defeating Chedorlaomer and his allies, the king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Shaveh Valley (that is, the King’s Valley). Then King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was a priest of God Most High. 19He blessed Abram, and said, “Blessed is Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth. 20Blessed is God Most High, who has handed your enemies over to you.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Read all of Genesis 14Genesis 14:18 word by word
וּמַלְכִּי־צֶ֙דֶק֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ שָׁלֵ֔ם הוֹצִ֖יא לֶ֣חֶם וָיָ֑יִן וְה֥וּא כֹהֵ֖ן לְאֵ֥ל עֶלְיֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Melchizedekמַלְכִּי־צֶ֫דֶקmalkîy-tsedeq · MelchizedekH4442
- kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- of Salemשָׁלֵםshâlêm · SalemH8004
- brought forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
- breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
- and wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
- the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
- of the most highעֶלְיוֹן‛elyôn · (LORD) Most HighH5945
- Godאֵל'êl · El (Most High)H410
Cross-references for Genesis 14:18
- Psalms 76:2His tent is in Salem. His home is in Zion.
- Hebrews 7:1Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of the Most High God. He met Abraham and blessed him when Abraham was returning from defeating the kings.
- Matthew 26:26While they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it. He broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take this, and eat it. This is my body.”
- Galatians 6:10Whenever we have the opportunity, we have to do what is good for everyone, especially for the family of believers.
- Psalms 110:4The Lord has taken an oath and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the way Melchizedek was a priest.”
- Hebrews 5:6In another place in Scripture, God said, “You are a priest forever, in the way Melchizedek was a priest.”
- Hebrews 6:20where Jesus went before us on our behalf. He has become the chief priest forever in the way Melchizedek was a priest.
- Ruth 3:10Boaz replied, “May the Lord bless you, my daughter. This last kindness—that you didn’t go after the younger men, whether rich or poor—is better than the first.
- 2 Samuel 2:5So David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh Gilead. He said to them, “May the Lord bless you because you showed kindness to your master Saul by burying him.
- Psalms 7:17I will give thanks to the Lord for his righteousness. I will make music to praise the name of the Lord Most High.
- Psalms 50:14Bring ⌞your⌟ thanks to God as a sacrifice, and keep your vows to the Most High.
- Psalms 57:2I call to God Most High, to the God who does everything for me.
- Micah 6:6What should I bring when I come into the Lord’s presence, when I bow in front of the God of heaven? Should I bring him year-old calves as burnt offerings?
- Acts 7:48“However, the Most High doesn’t live in a house built by humans, as the prophet says:
- Acts 16:17She used to follow Paul and shout, “These men are servants of the Most High God. They’re telling you how you can be saved.”
Commentaries on Genesis 14:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18And Melchizedek, king of Salem - A thousand idle stories have been told about this man, and a thousand idle conjectures spent on the subject of his short history given here and in Heb. vii. At present it is only necessary to state that he appears to have been as real a personage as Bera, Birsha, or Shinab, though we have no more of his genealogy than we have of theirs. Brought forth bread and wine - Certainly to refresh Abram and his men, exhausted with…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-24Verses 1-24 - Abram Rescues Lot 1. אמרפל 'amrāpel Amraphel; related: unknown. אלריוך 'aryôk Ariok, “leonine?” related: ארי 'arı̂y “a lion:” a name re-appearing in the time of Daniel Daniel 2:14. אלסר 'elāsār Ellasar (related: unknown) is identified with Larsa or Larancha, the ́ Larissa or ́ Larachōn of the Greeks, now Senkereh, a town of lower Babylonia, between Mugheir (Ur) and Warka (Erek) on the left bank of the Frat. כדרלעמר kedārlā‛omer…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-20Verses 17-20 Melchizedek is spoken of as a king of Salem, supposed to be the place afterwards called Jerusalem, and it is generally thought that he was only a man. The words of the apostle, He 7:3, state only, that the sacred history has said nothing of his ancestors. The silence of the Scriptures on this, is to raise our thoughts to Him, whose generation cannot be declared. Bread and wine were suitable refreshment for the weary followers of Abram; and it…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18The name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness.” This suggests the king of Salem was a righteous servant of God. He was probably a Jebusite priest and king. Later writers regarded him as a type of Christ, that is, a person who points forward to Christ (Psalm 110:4; Hebrews 7:1–19). Salem is the ancient name for Jerusalem (compare Psalm 76:2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. Melchizedek--This victory conferred a public benefit on that part of the country; and Abram, on his return, was treated with high respect and consideration, particularly by the king of Sodom and Melchizedek, who seems to have been one of the few native princes, if not the only one, who knew and worshipped, "the most high God," whom Abram served. This king who was a type of the Saviour (He 7:1), came to bless God for the victory which had been won, and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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