31 Bible Verses about People With Apt Names
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And Leah said, I am happy, for the daughters will call me blessed. And she called his name Asher.
And it happened as her soul was departing (for she died) that she called his name Benoni. But his father called him Benjamin.
And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore she called his name Dan.
And Esau said to Jacob, I beg you, Let me eat of the red, this red soup, for I am faint. Therefore his name was called Edom.
and the name of the other was Eliezer (for the God of my father, my help, delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.)
And the name of the second he called Ephraim, saying, For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom. For he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
and her two sons, of which the name of the one was Gershom (for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land),
And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory has departed from Israel, because the ark of God had been taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
And Hagar bore Abram a son. And Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bore, Ishmael.
And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I gave my slave to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.
And after that his brother came out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel. And his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he called his name Jedidiah, because of Jehovah.
And she called his name Joseph. And she said, May Jehovah add another son to me.
And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said, This time I will praise Jehovah. Therefore she called his name Judah, and quit bearing.
And she conceived again, and bore a son, and said, Now this time my husband will return to me, because I have borne him three sons. Therefore his name was called Levi.
And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh, saying, For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house.
And she said to them, Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara. For the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses. And she said, Because I took him out of the water.
Please do not let my lord regard this man of worthlessness, Nabal. For as his name is, so he is. Nabal is his name, and foolishness is with him. And I, your handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.
And Rachel said, With the wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed. And she called his name Naphtali.
And he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah has cursed.
And two sons were born to Eber. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. And his brother's name was Joktan.
And it happened as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, How have you broken a break for yourself? And his name was called Pharez.
And Leah conceived and bore a son. And she called his name Reuben, for she said, Surely Jehovah has looked upon my afflictions. Now therefore my husband will love me.
And it happened when the time had come around, Hannah conceived and bore a son and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of Jehovah.
And Adam knew his wife again. And she bore a son, and called his name Seth. For she said, God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain killed him.
And she conceived again, and bore a son, and said, Because Jehovah has heard that I was hated, He has therefore given me this son also. And she called his name Simeon.
And Leah said, God has given me a good present. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.