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And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Or c'est sans contredit l'inférieur qui est béni par le supérieur.

KJV

And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

Patristic reading

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  • Epiphanius

    Panarion (Adversus Haereses)

    ὰ πάντα ἐλεγχθήσονται. 2. Καὶ γὰρ παρά τισι τοῦ Μελχισεδὲκ ὁ πατήρ τε καὶ ἡ μήτηρ 2 Psal. 109, 4 – 4 Hebr. 7,3 – 12f Eusebius Onomastica sacra S. 142, 7 Klostermann vgl. Panarion haer. 4,1,9; I 180, 16 de mens. ac pond. 71; S. 204, 51ff Lagarde — 13ff über den Mosesbach von Petra…
  • Epiphanius

    Panarion (Adversus Haereses)

    eg. III 25; I 130, 17 Cohn; beachte auch die Pistis Sophia (C. Schmidt Index unter Melchisedek) – 14 Hebr. 7, 3 – 15f Röm 8, 26 M U 1 [δὲ] * | καὶ <U | τοῦ <U 7 κατὰ σπέρμα U | καὶ <U 9 φαντάζουσι U | πάλιν < U | <ἄλλα> * 11 αὐτῇ < U 12 τῇ < Μ | Ἱέραξ U 12f ὁ Αἰγύπτιος αἱρεσιάρχη…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ins? Objection 1: It would seem that Christ "paid tithes" in Abraham's loins. For the Apostle says ( Heb. 7:6-9 ) that Levi, the great-grandson of Abraham, "paid tithes in Abraham," because, when the latter paid tithes to Melchisedech, "he was yet in his loins." In like manner Ch…

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