Genesis 14:19

14:19 He blessed Abram, saying,

“Blessed be Abram by ¹  the Most High God,

Creator ²  of heaven and earth. ³ 

Exodus 39:43

39:43 Moses inspected ⁴  all the work – and ⁵  they had done it just as the Lord had commanded – they had done it exactly – and Moses blessed them. ⁶ 

Leviticus 9:22-23

9:22 Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them and descended from making the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering. 9:23 Moses and Aaron then entered into the Meeting Tent. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.

Hebrews 7:1-7

The Nature of Melchizedek’s Priesthood

7:1 Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him. ⁷  7:2 To him ⁸  also Abraham apportioned a tithe ⁹  of everything. ¹⁰  His name first means ¹¹  king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace. 7:3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time. 7:4 But see how great he must be, if ¹²  Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe ¹³  of his plunder. 7:5 And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office ¹⁴  have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, ¹⁵  although they too are descendants of Abraham. ¹⁶  7:6 But Melchizedek ¹⁷  who does not share their ancestry ¹⁸  collected a tithe ¹⁹  from Abraham and blessed ²⁰  the one who possessed the promise. 7:7 Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior,

[14:19]  ¹ tn The preposition לְ (lamed) introduces the agent after the passive participle.

[14:19]  ² 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.”

[14:19]  ³ tn The terms translated “heaven” and “earth” are both objective genitives after the participle in construct.

[39:43]  ⁴ tn Or “examined” (NASB, TEV); NCV “looked closely at.”

[39:43]  ⁵ tn The deictic particle draws attention to what he saw in such a way as to give the reader Moses’ point of view and a sense of his pleasure: “and behold, they…”

[39:43]  ⁶ sn The situation and wording in Exod 39:43 are reminiscent of Gen 1:28 and 31, with the motifs of blessing people and inspecting what has been made.

[7:1]  ⁷ sn A series of quotations from Gen 14:17-19.

[7:2]  ⁸ tn Grk “to whom,” continuing the description of Melchizedek. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[7:2]  ⁹ tn Or “a tenth part.”

[7:2]  ¹⁰ sn A quotation from Gen 14:20.

[7:2]  ¹¹ tn Grk “first being interpreted,” describing Melchizedek.

[7:4]  ¹² tn Grk “to whom.”

[7:4]  ¹³ tn Or “a tenth part.”

[7:5]  ¹⁴ tn Or “the priesthood.”

[7:5]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “from their brothers.” See BDAG 18-19 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.b.

[7:5]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “have come from the loins of Abraham.”

[7:6]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “the one”; in the translation the referent (Melchizedek) has been specified for clarity.

[7:6]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “is not descended from them.”

[7:6]  ¹⁹ tn Or “a tenth part.”

[7:6]  ²⁰ sn The verbs “collected…and blessed” emphasize the continuing effect of the past actions, i.e., Melchizedek’s importance.