Hébreux 7:7

7 Or, sans contredit, c'est 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 Et tandis que ceux d'entre les fils de Lévi, qui exercent la sacrificature, ont l'ordre, selon la loi, de lever la dîme sur le peuple, c'est-à-dire, sur leurs frères, qui cependant sont issus des reins d'Abraham,

6 Lui, qui n'était pas de la même famille qu'eux, il leva la dîme sur Abraham, et bénit celui qui avait les promesses.

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

8 Et ici ce sont des hommes mortels qui prélèvent les dîmes; mais là il est attesté que celui qui les reçoit, est vivant.

9 Et Lévi, qui prélève les dîmes, les a aussi payées, pour ainsi dire, par Abraham;