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Genesis 14:19
14:19 He blessed Abram, saying,
“Blessed be Abram by48 the Most High God,
48 | tn The preposition לְ (lamed) introduces the agent after the passive participle. |
49 | tn Some translate “possessor of heaven and earth” (cf. NASB). But cognate evidence from Ugaritic indicates that there were two homonymic roots ָקנָה (qanah), one meaning “to create” (as in Gen 4:1) and the other “to obtain, to acquire, to possess.” While “possessor” would fit here, “creator” is the more likely due to the collocation with “heaven and earth.” |
50 | tn The terms translated “heaven” and “earth” are both objective genitives after the participle in construct. |
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