<p>7:7 <i>But without any dispute the less is blessed of the better</i>- To suggest anyone was &quot;better&quot; than Abraham was radical for Hebrews, who considered Abraham the father of their race. And to rub the point in by saying that he was &quot;less&quot; was to suggest that the entire metanarrative of descent from Abraham being so important was being overwritten- and had in fact been overwritten by any sensitive to the brief details given about Melchizedek. That the ministry of the Lord Jesus was &quot;better&quot; than that of the Mosaic law is stressed in Hebrews (1:4; 7:19,22; 8:6; 9:23; 12:24).</p>