'Named' in the Bible
The third river is named the Tigris it flows to the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
Now Adam had named his wife "Eve," because she was to become the mother of everyone who was living.
Later, Cain had sexual relations with his wife. She became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain founded a city and named it after his son Enoch.
Later, Lamech married two wives. One was named Adah and the other was named Zillah.
His brother was named Jubal; he became the ancestor of all those who play the lyre and the flute.
Later on, after Adam had sexual relations with his wife, she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, because "God granted me another offspring to replace Abel, since Cain murdered him."
Seth also fathered a son, whom he named Enosh. At that time, profaning the name of the LORD began.
After Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son just like him, that is, according to his own likeness, and named him Seth.
whom he named Noah, because he said, "May this one comfort us from our work, from pain that is caused by our manual labor, and from the ground that the LORD has cursed."
To Eber were born two sons. One was named Peleg, because the earth was divided during his lifetime. His brother was named Joktan.
Hagar eventually gave birth to Abram's son. Abram named his son whom Hagar bore Ishmael.
The firstborn gave birth to a son and named him Moab, and he is the ancestor of the Moabites to this day.
The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-ammi, and he is the ancestor of the Ammonites to this day.
Abraham named his son who was born to him Isaac the very one whom Sarah bore for him!
but God told Abraham, "Don't be troubled about the youth and your slave girl. Pay attention to Sarah in everything she tells you, because your offspring are to be named through Isaac.
Abraham named that place, "The LORD Will Provide," as it is told this day, "On the LORD's mountain, he will provide."
Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, who ran out to the man and met him at the spring.
The first son came out reddish his entire body was covered with hair so they named him Esau.
After that, his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, so they named him Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old when they were born.
But the herdsmen who lived in Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen. "The water is ours," they said. As a result, Isaac named the well Esek, for they had fiercely disputed with him about it.
When his workers started digging another well, those herdsmen quarreled about that one, too, so Isaac named it Sitnah.
Then he left that area and dug still another well. Because they did not quarrel over that one, Isaac named it Rehoboth, because he used to say, "The LORD has enlarged the territory for us. We will prosper in the land."
So Isaac named the well Shebah, which is why the city is named Beer-sheba to this day.
and named the place Beth-el, although previously the city had been named Luz.
Now Laban happened to have two daughters. The older one was named Leah and the younger was named Rachel.
Leah conceived, bore a son, and named him Reuben, because she was saying, "The LORD had looked on my torture, so now my husband will love me."
Later, she conceived again, bore a son, and declared, "Because the LORD heard that I'm neglected, he gave me this one, too." So she named him Simeon.
Later, she conceived again and said, "This time my husband will become attached to me, now that I've borne him three sons." So he named him Levi.
Then she conceived yet again, bore a son, and said, "This time I'll praise the LORD." So she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing children.
Then Rachel said, "God has vindicated me! He has heard my voice and has given me a son." Therefore, she named him Dan.
so Rachel said, "I've been through a mighty struggle with my sister and won." She named him Naphtali.
and Leah exclaimed, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad.
She said, "How happy I am, because women will call me happy!" So she named him Asher.
Then Leah said, "God has paid me for giving my servant to my husband as his wife." So she named him Issachar.
Then Leah said, "God has given me a good gift. This time my husband will exalt me, because I've borne him six sons." So she named him Zebulun.
Because she had been asking, "May God give me another son," she named him Joseph.
Then Laban said, "This stack will serve as a witness between you and me today." That's how the place came to be named Galeed.
As he was watching them, Jacob said, "This must be God's camp," so he named that place Mahanaim.
but Jacob set out for Succoth, built a house there, and constructed some cattle shelters. He named the place Succoth.
He built an altar there to God and named the place El Beth-el, because God had revealed himself there when he was fleeing from his brother.
Rebekah's nurse Deborah died and was buried there, under the oak tree that was below Beth-el. That's why the place was named Allon-bacuth.
and named the place where God had spoken to him Beth-el.
Just before she died, Rachel called her son's name Ben-oni, but his father Jacob named him Benjamin.
Right about then, Judah left his brothers and went to live with an Adullamite man named Hirah.
There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her, had sexual relations with her,
Then she bore yet another son and named him Shelah. Judah was living in Kezib when she bore him.
As it was, he withdrew his hand, and then his brother was born. Amazed, the midwife cried out loud, "What's this? A breach birth?" So that boy was named Perez.
Afterwards, his brother came out, and around his hand was the scarlet. So they named him Zerah.
Joseph named his firstborn son Manasseh because, he said, "God has made me forget all of my hard life and my father's house."
He named his second son Ephraim because, he said, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my troubles."