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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
And God
called the
firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
God
called the
expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
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 said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”
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 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.”
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 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.
And Pharaoh
called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why
didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
So Pharaoh summoned
Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
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.
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!”
Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Therefore the well was
called Beer-lahai-roi. It is
located between Kadesh and Bered.
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 they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
They
called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you
tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
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.
Therefore
Abimelech rose early in the morning, and
called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were
sore afraid.
Early the next morning
Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and when he described to them all that had happened, the men were
terrified.
Then
Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I
offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
Then
Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I
sinned against you, that you have brought such
tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
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 God said unto Abraham, Let it not be
grievous in thy sight because of the
lad, and because of thy
bondwoman; in all that
Sarah hath said unto thee,
hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be
called.
But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your
maidservant.
Listen to everything that
Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
And God heard the voice of the
lad; and the angel of God
called Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee,
Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the
lad where he is.
Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God
called to
Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong,
Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
Wherefore he
called that place Beer-
sheba; because there they
sware both of them.
So that place was
called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them
swore an oath.
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 the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
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 the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
And they
called Rebekah, and said unto her,
Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
They
called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.
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
Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a
surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
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 it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were
dim, so that he could not see, he
called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he
called his older son
Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,”
Esau replied.
And these words of
Esau her elder son were told to
Rebekah: and she sent and
called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother
Esau, as touching thee,
doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
When the words of her older son
Esau were relayed to
Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother
Esau is
consoling himself by
plotting to kill you.
And Isaac
called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of
Canaan.
So Isaac
called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the
Canaanite women,” he commanded.
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 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 Jacob sent and
called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
So Jacob sent word and
called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,
And
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob
called it Galeed.
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob
called it Galeed.
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
Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
It was also
called Mizpah, because
Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and
called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and
tarried all night in the mount.
Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.
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, 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 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.
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
There Jacob built an altar, and he
called that place El-
bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
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.
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 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.
That she
called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to
mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I
cried with a loud voice:
she
called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make
sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I
screamed as loud as I could.
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and
called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could
interpret them unto Pharaoh.
In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could
interpret them for him.
Then Pharaoh sent and
called Joseph, and they brought him
hastily out of the
dungeon: and he
shaved himself, and changed his
raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the
dungeon. After he had
shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
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 the time drew
nigh that Israel must die: and he
called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my
thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me;
bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he
called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my
thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not
bury me in Egypt,
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.”
And Jacob
called unto his sons, and said, Gather
yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall
befall you in the last days.
Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
And the king of Egypt
called for the
midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
So the king of Egypt summoned the
midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the
maid went and
called the child’s mother.
“Go
ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the
girl went and
called the boy’s mother.
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God
called unto him out of the midst of the
bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God
called out to him from within the
bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”