AND HE BLESSED HIM, AND SAID: BLESSED BE ABRAM OF THE GOD MOST HIGH, WHO HAS ACQUIRED (KONEH) [footnote states: "E.V. 'Maker of'."] HEAVEN AND EARTH (XIV, 19). From whom then did He acquire them?-Said Rabbi Abba: [ACQUIRED is attributive,] as one says, So-and-so has beautiful eyes and hair. [footnote states: "I.e., koneh here means, in possession of."] Rabbi Isaac said: Abraham used to entertain wayfarers, and after they had eaten he would say to them, ' Say a blessing.' ' What shall we say? ' they asked. ' Blessed be the God of the Universe of Whose bounty we have eaten,' replied he. Then the Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: 'My Name was not known among My creatures, and thou hast made it known among them: I will regard thee as though thou wast associated with Me in the creation of the world.' Hence it is written, AND HE BLESSED HIM, AND SAID: BLESSED BE ABRAM OF THE GOD MOST HIGH, WHO [sc. ABRAHAM] HAS ACQUIRED HEAVEN AND EARTH. [footnote states: "I.e. koneh does mean acquired, but it refers to Abraham, who acquired a partnership in the world. The purpose of the Creation was the making of man who should ever strive to come nearer to God. By diffusing the knowledge of God amongst men, Abraham thus became a partner in God's work."]