² to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth of all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace. ³ Without father, without mother, ^(A)without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like ^(B)the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.

⁴ Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the ^(C)patriarch, ^(D)gave a tenth of the choicest spoils.