Ibrani 6:13

6:13 Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,

Ibrani 7:1

The Nature of Melchizedek’s Priesthood

7:1 Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him. ¹ 

Ibrani 7:4

7:4 But see how great he must be, if ²  Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe ³  of his plunder.

Ibrani 11:8

11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.

Ibrani 11:17

11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, ⁴  yet he was ready to offer up ⁵  his only son.

Ibrani 11:28

11:28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, ⁶  so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

[7:1]  ¹ sn A series of quotations from Gen 14:17-19.

[7:4]  ² tn Grk “to whom.”

[7:4]  ³ tn Or “a tenth part.”

[11:17]  ⁴ tn Here “received the promises” refers to the pledges themselves, not to the things God promised.

[11:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “he was offering up.” The tense of this verb indicates the attempt or readiness to sacrifice Isaac without the actual completion of the deed.

[11:28]  ⁶ tn Grk “the pouring out of the blood.”

[11:28]  sn The sprinkling of the blood refers here to the application of the blood to the doorways of the Israelite houses (cf. Exod 12:7, 13).