Melchizedek King of Shalem Brings Out Bread and Wine

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 74:1

"And Melchizedek king of Shalem brought out bread and wine" (Genesis 14:18). "And the daughter of Tyre with a gift, the richest of the people shall entreat your favor" (Psalms 45:13). "The daughter of Tyre [bat Tzor]" refers to Abraham, the son who distressed [hetzer] the kings, the son whom kings distressed. "With a gift they shall entreat your favor": this is Melchizedek king of Shalem. Melchizedek [Malki-Tzedek] makes righteous [matzdiq] its inhabitants. Melchizedek; "Adoni-Tzedek" (Joshua 10:1); Jerusalem is called Tzedek [righteousness], "righteousness lodged in her" (Isaiah 1:21). "King of Shalem": who was born circumcised [shalem, complete]. "He brought out bread and wine": he transmitted to him the laws of the high priesthood. "Bread" is the showbread, and "wine" is the libations. The Rabbis say: he revealed Torah to him, as it is said, "Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine I have mixed" (Proverbs 9:5).

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