God called the light “day,” and He called the darkness “night.” Evening came and then morning: the first day.

God called the expanse “sky.” Evening came and then morning: the second day.

God called the dry land “earth,” and He called the gathering of the water “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

So the Lord God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

And the man said:

This one, at last, is bone of my bone
and flesh of my flesh;
this one will be called “woman,”
for she was taken from man.

So the Lord God called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”

He created them male and female. When they were created, He blessed them and called them man.

Therefore its name is called Babylon, for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

They called out to Lot and said, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have sex with them!”

Early in the morning Abimelech got up, called all his servants together, and personally told them all these things, and the men were terrified.

Then Abimelech called Abraham in and said to him, “What have you done to us? How did I sin against you that you have brought such enormous guilt on me and on my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.”

God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What’s wrong, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy from the place where he is.

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”

He replied, “Here I am.”

Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven

They called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?”

She replied, “I will go.”

He called it Sheba. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could not see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.”

And he answered, “Here I am.”

Jacob had Rachel and Leah called to the field where his flocks were.

Then Laban said, “This mound is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore the place was called Galeed

When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s camp.” So he called that place Mahanaim.

but Jacob went on to Succoth. He built a house for himself and stalls for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

And he set up an altar there and called it “God, the God of Israel.”

Jacob built an altar there and called the place God of Bethel because it was there that God had revealed Himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

With her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.

she called the household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “my husband brought a Hebrew man to make fools of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, and I screamed as loud as I could.

He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, and servants called out before him, “Abrek!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.

Joseph could no longer keep his composure in front of all his attendants, so he called out, “Send everyone away from me!” No one was with him when he revealed his identity to his brothers.

When the time drew near for him 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 me that you will deal with me in kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt.

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 to be numerous within the land.

Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather around, and I will tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.