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Genesis 14:19

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14:19He blessed Abram, saying,

“Blessed be Abram by48 the Most High God,

Creator49 of heaven and earth.50

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Footnotes

  1. 48 The preposition לְ (lamed) introduces the agent after the passive participle.
  2. 49 Some translate “possessor of heaven and earth” (cf. ). 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.”
  3. 50 The terms translated “heaven” and “earth” are both objective genitives after the participle in construct.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he blessed him and said,

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,

Possessor of heaven and earth;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and he blessed Abram, saying,

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,

Creator of heaven and earth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He blessed him and said:

Abram is blessed by God Most High,

Creator of heaven and earth,

NLTNew Living Translation

Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing:

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,

Creator of heaven and earth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he blessed him and said,

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,

Maker of heaven and earth.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: