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Heb 7:6. Ἐξ αὐτῶν) from them, as he was more ancient even than they.-καὶ, and) This verse has two propositions, of which the explanation precedes the first, follows the second: Chiasmus. And at the same time this second point-the superiority of Melchisedec to Abraham-namely, the blessing, is conveniently connected with the former point concerning tithes, because its description is afterwards completed.-τὸν ἔχοντα, who had) This both increases Abraham’s dignity, and intimates that even the posterity, who had been then already promised to Abraham, would yield the superiority to Melchisedec.-τὰς ἐπαγγελίας, the promises) plural. Where Christ is the subject, it is called the promise: promises refer to other things. Already GOD had twice promised to Abraham, Gen 12:2; Gen 13:15, before the blessing of Melchisedec.-εὐλόγηκε, blessed) The blessing which the priests pronounced on the people, is also by implication contained in the Protasis concerning the Levitical priests.