And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.
WEB
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
YLT
And Melchizedek king of Salem hath brought out bread and wine, and he is priest of God Most High;
DBT
And Melchisedec king of Salem brought out bread and wine. And he was priest of the Most HighGod.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)