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The
name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of
Havilah, where there is gold;
The
name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of
Havilah, where there is gold.
And the
name of the second river is
Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of
Ethiopia.
The
name of the second river is
Gihon; it winds through the whole land of
Cush.
And the
name of the third river is
Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
The
name of the third river is
Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and
whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the
name thereof.
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
The man gave
names to all the
livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
And Adam called his wife’s
name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
And Adam
named his wife
Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
And
Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare
Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the
name of the city, after the
name of his son,
Enoch.
And
Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to
Enoch. Then
Cain built a city and
named it after his son
Enoch.
And
Lamech took unto him two wives: the
name of the one was Adah, and the
name of the other
Zillah.
And
Lamech married two women, one
named Adah and the other
Zillah.
And his brother’s
name was
Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the
harp and organ.
And his brother’s
name was
Jubal; he was the father of all who play the
harp and
flute.
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his
name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of
Abel, whom
Cain slew.
And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and
named him
Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of
Abel, since
Cain killed him.”
And to
Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his
name Enos: then began men to call upon the
name of the LORD.
And to
Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the
name of the LORD.
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and
begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his
name Seth:
When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he
named him
Seth.
And he called his
name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and
toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath
cursed.
And he
named him
Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and
toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has
cursed.”
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
Therefore is the
name of it called
Babel; because the LORD did there
confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD
scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
That is why it is called
Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
And
Abram and
Nahor took them wives: the
name of
Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the
name of
Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of
Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
And
Abram and
Nahor took wives for themselves.
Abram’s wife was
named Sarai, and
Nahor’s wife was
named Milcah; she was the daughter of
Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will
bless thee, and make thy
name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
I will make you into a great nation, and I will
bless you; I will make your
name great, so that you will be a blessing.
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of
Bethel, and pitched his tent, having
Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the
name of the LORD.
From there
Abram moved on to the hill country east of
Bethel and pitched his tent, with
Bethel to the west and
Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the
name of the LORD.
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there
Abram called on the
name of the LORD.
to the site where he had built the altar. And there
Abram called on the
name of the LORD.
Now Sarai
Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an
handmaid, an Egyptian, whose
name was
Hagar.
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his
name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy
affliction.
The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall
name him
Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of
affliction.
And she called the
name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that
seeth me?
So
Hagar gave this
name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
Neither shall thy
name any more be called
Abram, but thy
name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
No longer will you be called
Abram, but your
name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her
name Sarai, but
Sarah shall her
name be.
Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her
name is to be
Sarah.
And God said,
Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his
name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an
everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
But God replied, “Your wife
Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to
name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an
everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the
name of the city was called Zoar.
Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
And the
firstborn bare a son, and called his
name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
The older daughter gave birth to a son and
named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of
today.
And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his
name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of
Ammon unto this day.
The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she
named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the
Ammonites of
today.
And Abraham called the
name of his son that was born unto him, whom
Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
And Abraham gave the
name Isaac to the son
Sarah bore to him.
And Abraham planted a
grove in Beer-
sheba, and called there on the
name of the LORD, the
everlasting God.
And Abraham planted a
tamarisk tree in
Beersheba, and there he called upon the
name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
And his
concubine, whose
name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
And Abraham
hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham
weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had
named in the
audience of the sons of
Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and
weighed out for him the price he had
named in the hearing of the
Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
And
Rebekah had a brother, and his
name was
Laban: and
Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
Then again Abraham took a wife, and her
name was
Keturah.
Now Abraham had taken another wife,
named Keturah,
And these are the
names of the sons of
Ishmael, by their
names, according to their generations: the
firstborn of
Ishmael, Nebajoth; and
Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
These are the sons of
Ishmael, and these are their
names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
These were the sons of
Ishmael, and these were their
names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
And the first came out red, all over like an
hairy garment; and they called his
name Esau.
The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they
named him
Esau.
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on
Esau’s
heel; and his
name was called Jacob: and Isaac was
threescore years old when she bare them.
After this, his brother came out
grasping Esau’s
heel; so he was
named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
And
Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red
pottage; for I am
faint: therefore was his
name called
Edom.
He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red
stew, for I am
famished.” (That is why he was also called
Edom.)
And Isaac
digged again the wells of water, which they had
digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their
names after the
names by which his father had called them.
Isaac reopened the wells that had been
dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same
names his father had given them.
And the herdmen of
Gerar did
strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the
name of the well Esek; because they
strove with him.
But the herdsmen of
Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he
named the well Esek, because they
contended with him.
And they
digged another well, and
strove for that also: and he called the
name of it Sitnah.
Then they
dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he
named it Sitnah.
And he removed from thence, and
digged another well; and for that they
strove not: and he called the
name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
He moved on from there and
dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He
named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the
name of the LORD and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants
digged a well.
So Isaac built an altar there and called on the
name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also
dug a well there.
And he called it Shebah: therefore the
name of the city is Beer-
sheba unto this day.
So he called it Shibah, and to this day the
name of the city is
Beersheba.
And he said, Is not he rightly
named Jacob? for he hath
supplanted me these two times: he took away my
birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
So
Esau declared, “Is he not rightly
named Jacob? For he has
cheated me twice. He took my
birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “
Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”
And he called the
name of that place
Bethel: but the
name of that city was called
Luz at the first.
and he called that place
Bethel, though previously the city had been
named Luz.
And
Laban had two daughters: the
name of the elder was Leah, and the
name of the younger was
Rachel.
Now
Laban had two daughters; the older was
named Leah, and the younger was
named Rachel.
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his
name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my
affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she
named him
Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my
affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was
hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his
name Simeon.
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she
named him
Simeon.
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
And
Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his
name Dan.
And
Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I
wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his
name Naphtali.
And Leah said, A
troop cometh: and she called his
name Gad.
Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she
named him
Gad.
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
And Leah said, God hath given me my
hire, because I have given my
maiden to my husband: and she called his
name Issachar.
Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my
maidservant to my husband.” So she
named him
Issachar.
And Leah said, God hath
endued me with a good
dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his
name Zebulun.
“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she
named him
Zebulun.
And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
And he said,
Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”
And
Laban said, This
heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the
name of it called Galeed;
Then
Laban declared, “This
mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the
name of that place
Mahanaim.
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he
named that place
Mahanaim.
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy
name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou
dost ask after my
name? And he blessed him there.
And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
So Jacob
named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was
spared.”
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his
livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
But
Deborah Rebekah’s
nurse died, and she was buried beneath
Bethel under an oak: and the
name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
And Jacob called the
name of the place where God spake with him,
Bethel.
Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him
Bethel.
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
These are the
names of
Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of
Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of
Esau.
These are the
names of
Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of
Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of
Esau’s wife Basemath.
And
Bela the son of Beor reigned in
Edom: and the
name of his city was Dinhabah.
Bela son of Beor reigned in
Edom; the
name of his city was Dinhabah.
And Husham died, and
Hadad the son of Bedad, who
smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his
stead: and the
name of his city was Avith.
When Husham died,
Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated
Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the
name of his city was Avith.
And
Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his
stead: and the
name of his city was
Pau; and his wife’s
name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
When
Baal-hanan son of Achbor died,
Hadad reigned in his place. His city was
named Pau, and his wife’s
name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
And these are the
names of the dukes that came of
Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their
names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
These are the
names of
Esau’s chiefs, according to their families and regions, by their
names: Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain
Canaanite, whose
name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
There Judah saw the daughter of a
Canaanite man
named Shua, and he took her as a wife and
slept with her.
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
And Judah took a wife for Er his
firstborn, whose
name was Tamar.
Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his
firstborn, and her
name was Tamar.
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was
named Perez.
And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his
wrist, and he was
named Zerah.
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian
named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the
Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
And Pharaoh called Joseph’s
name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of
Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
And the
name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my
affliction.
And the second son he
named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my
affliction.”
And these are the
names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons:
Reuben, Jacob’s
firstborn.
Now these are the
names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt:
Reuben, Jacob’s
firstborn.
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the
names of their brothers in the territory they
inherit.
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil,
bless the lads; and let my
name be
named on them, and the
name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
the angel who has redeemed me from all
harm— may He
bless these boys. And may they be called by my
name and the
names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the
shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
Yet he
steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the
name of the
Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew
midwives, of which the
name of the one was Shiphrah, and the
name of the other Puah:
Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew
midwives, whose
names were Shiphrah and Puah,
