Then Melchizedec praised God; and he and Shem made an offering.
2And Shem stayed with him that day, to rest from the toil of the journey.
3Yet when the day dawned, it seemed good to Shem to depart.
4Then Melchizedec wished him God speed, and blessed him, and said unto him, "The Lord God who led us to this place, be with thee; and guide thee until thou come to thine own place."
5Melchizedec said also to him, "When they inquire of thee about me, direct them not in the way; that they come not to me.
6And when my father and my mother ask thee about me, say to them, 'He has left on a pilgrimage; and I do not know the place of his pilgrimage.'
7"So that, when thou sayest so to them, their hope of me will be cut short; and they will feel it is of no use thinking of me; so that they will not press thee, and make thee come to me."
8Shem, then departed, and returned to his kindred while Melchizedec remained standing before the body of our father Adam, ministering unto God, and worshipping Him evermore.
9And an angel abode with him, who protected him and brought him food, until the time of Abraham the patriarch.
10And the raiment of this Melchizedec was of skins, with a leathern girdle around his loins, and he ministered unto God, with much praying and fasting.