Hébreux 7:7

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

Hébreux 7:7 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 7:7

And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the
greater.
] This is a self-evident truth, and is undeniable; it admits of no controversy, and cannot be gainsaid, that he that blesseth is greater in that respect than he that is blessed by him; as the priests were greater in their office than the people who were blessed by them; and so Melchizedek, as a priest of the most high God, and as blessing Abraham, was greater than he; and so must be greater than the Levites, who sprung from him; and his priesthood be more excellent than theirs; and consequently Christ, his antitype, and who was of his order, must be greater too; which is the design of the apostle throughout the whole of his reasoning.

Hébreux 7:7 In-Context

5 Ceux des fils de Lévi qui exercent le sacerdoce ont, d'après la loi, l'ordre de lever la dîme sur le peuple, c'est-à-dire, sur leurs frères, qui cependant sont issus des reins d'Abraham;

6 et lui, qui ne tirait pas d'eux son origine, il leva la dîme sur Abraham, et il bénit celui qui avait les promesses.

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

8 Et ici, ceux qui perçoivent la dîme sont des hommes mortels; mais là, c'est celui dont il est attesté qu'il est vivant.

9 De plus, Lévi, qui perçoit la dîme, l'a payée, pour ainsi dire, par Abraham;