Gen 14:19 | NETfull | STEP | He blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth.

Genesis 14:19

19 He blessed Abram, saying,

“Blessed be Abram by ^{▼▼ The preposition לְ (lamed) introduces the agent after the passive participle.} the Most High God,
Creator ^{▼▼ 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.”} of heaven and earth. ^{▼▼ The terms translated “heaven” and “earth” are both objective genitives after the participle in construct.}