Genesis 14:19
New International Version
and he blessed Abram, saying, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.

New Living Translation
Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.

English Standard Version
And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;

Berean Standard Bible
and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

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

New King James Version
And he blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;

New American Standard Bible
And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;

NASB 1995
He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;

NASB 1977
And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;

Legacy Standard Bible
Then he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;

Amplified Bible
And Melchizedek blessed Abram and said, “Blessed (joyful, favored) be Abram by God Most High, Creator and Possessor of heaven and earth;

Christian Standard Bible
He blessed him and said: Abram is blessed by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He blessed him and said: Abram is blessed by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

American Standard Version
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he blessed him and said, “Blessed is Abram to God the Highest, Possessor of Heaven and Earth:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he blessed Abram, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth,

Contemporary English Version
and said to Abram: "I bless you in the name of God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram by the most high God, who created heaven and earth.

English Revised Version
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He blessed Abram, and said, "Blessed is Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth.

Good News Translation
blessed him, and said, "May the Most High God, who made heaven and earth, bless Abram!

International Standard Version
Melchizedek blessed Abram and said, "Abram is blessed by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And he blessed him, and said: 'Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth;

Literal Standard Version
and he blesses him and says, “Blessed [is] Abram to God Most High, possessing the heavens and earth;

Majority Standard Bible
and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

New American Bible
He blessed Abram with these words: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth;

NET Bible
He blessed Abram, saying, "Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth.

New Revised Standard Version
He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth;

New Heart English Bible
He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth:

Webster's Bible Translation
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

World English Bible
He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.

Young's Literal Translation
and he blesseth him, and saith, 'Blessed is Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth;

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Context
Melchizedek Blesses Abram
18Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High— 19and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, 20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.…

Cross References
Genesis 14:22
But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Genesis 24:3
and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

1 Samuel 15:13
When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, "May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD's instructions."


Treasury of Scripture

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

he blessed.

Genesis 27:4,25-29
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die…

Genesis 47:7,10
And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh…

Genesis 48:9-16
And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them…

Blessed be.

Ruth 3:10
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

2 Samuel 2:5
And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

Ephesians 1:3,6
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: …

high.

Micah 6:6
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

Acts 16:17
The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

possessor.

Genesis 14:22
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

Psalm 24:1
A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Psalm 50:10
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

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Genesis 14
1. The battle of four kings against the king of Sodom and his allies.
12. Lot is taken prisoner.
14. Abram rescues him.
17. Melchizedek blesses Abram, who gives him tithes.
21. Abram restores the rest of the spoil to the king of Sodom.














(19) Possessor.--Literally, creator, or framer. It is a poetical word, as are also those for "delivered" and "enemies." The form of the blessing, moreover, is poetical, as it is arranged in parallel clauses.

Verse 19. - And he blessed him (in which act appears his distinctively sacerdotal character), and said (the form of the benediction is poetical, consisting of two parallel stanzas), Blessed be Abram - so Isaac blessed Jacob (Genesis 27:27), and Jacob Joseph (Genesis 48:15), conveying in each case a Divine bone-diction - of the most high God - לְ after a passive verb indicating the efficient cause (vide Gesenius, § 143, 2, and cf. Genesis 31:15; Proverbs 14:50) - possessor - so Onkelos and Calvin; but koneh, from kanah, to erect, set up, hence found or create, means founder and creator (Gesenius), combines the meanings of κτίζειν and κτᾶσθαι (Keil), contains no indistinct allusion to the doctrine of Genesis 1:1 (Murphy), and is rendered ο{ς ἔκτισε (LXX.) and qui creavit (Vulgate) - of heaven and earth.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
and he blessed [Abram]
וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖הוּ (way·ḇā·rə·ḵê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

and said:
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (way·yō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Blessed be
בָּר֤וּךְ (bā·rūḵ)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

Abram
אַבְרָם֙ (’aḇ·rām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 87: Abram -- 'exalted father', the original name of Abraham

by God
לְאֵ֣ל (lə·’êl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

Most High,
עֶלְי֔וֹן (‘el·yō·wn)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 5945: An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme

Creator
קֹנֵ֖ה (qō·nêh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own

of heaven
שָׁמַ֥יִם (šā·ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

and earth,
וָאָֽרֶץ׃ (wā·’ā·reṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land


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