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Father Stephen holds a Ph.D. in biblical studies. And it's an Orthodox priest serving at Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Verse 19, he blessed Abram and said,

Blessed be Abram of God Most High,

creator of heaven and earth,

and blessed be God most high,

who delivered your enemies into your hands.

Then Abram gave him a tithe of all.

So, again, we get this reinforced to us.

Blessed be God most high creator of heaven and earth.

Disambiguating.

Right?

When he says L. El-Yone, he's not referring to the pagan god l right he's not referring to

some other pagan god who's called l l yon he's talking about the god who created the heavens of

the earth the one you read about a few chapters go right um and acknowledges that it's god right this is

abraham's god who gave abram the victory, right, over Ketterla, Omer, and the kings.

And Abram responds by giving him a tithe, meaning a tenth.

Gives him a tenth of everything he has.

And this is acknowledgement by Abram that Melchizedek is a priest who therefore represents

images, right, is an image as an icon of his God, of Abram's God.

Right.

So this is Abram acknowledging that, right, from his side.

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