Hebrews 7:3

There is no record. The TEV accurately translates the Hebrew idiom. A first century reader understood it as it is worded in the TEV. The meaning is that Melchizedek's priesthood does not derive from these things which were so important to the Aaronic priesthood. To be a Jewish high priest, there had to be a precise record of mother and father, of ancestors, of birth, and this priesthood was limited to a certain definite period of time. Melchizedek stands discrete on the pages of history, appearing only for a brief instant! He it like the Son of God. Not equal, but like! The way in which he is like the Son of God has to do with the fact of his priesthood. It does not terminate! Aaron's priesthood terminated at his death, and his son replaced him as high priest. But Melchizedek's priesthood never came to an end, and even though he is no longer on the earth, he is still a priest of the Most High God. But the real point here is that Jesus is that kind of a High Priest.