'Named' in the Bible
So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam no companion who corresponded to him was found.
The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.
Cain had marital relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after his son Enoch.
And Adam had marital relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, "God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him."
And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord.
He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them "humankind."
When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.
He named him Noah, saying, "This one will bring us comfort from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the Lord has cursed."
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan.
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.
So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "Here I have seen one who sees me!"
So Hagar gave birth to Abram's son, whom Abram named Ishmael.
The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today.
The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-Ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.
Abraham named his son -- whom Sarah bore to him -- Isaac.
That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
(Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring.
The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau.
When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.
the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water belongs to us!" So Isaac named the well Esek because they argued with him about it.
His servants dug another well, but they quarreled over it too, so Isaac named it Sitnah.
Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac named it Rehoboth, saying, "For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land."
So he named it Shibah; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day.
(Now Laban had two daughters; the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel.
So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now."
She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, "Because the Lord heard that I was unloved, he gave me this one too." So she named him Simeon.
She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, "Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him." That is why he was named Levi.
She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, "This time I will praise the Lord." That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
Then Rachel said, "God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son." That is why she named him Dan.
Then Rachel said, "I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won." So she named him Naphtali.
Leah said, "How happy I am, for women will call me happy!" So she named him Asher.
Then Leah said, "God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife." So she named him Issachar.
Then Leah said, "God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons." So she named him Zebulun.
She named him Joseph, saying, "May the Lord give me yet another son."
When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, "This is the camp of God!" So he named that place Mahanaim.
So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, "Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived."
He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
(Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.)
God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name." So God named him Israel.
Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel.
With her dying breath, she named him Ben-Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead.
At that time Judah left his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite man named Hirah.
There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. Judah acquired her as a wife and had marital relations with her.
Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib.
But then he drew back his hand, and his brother came out before him. She said, "How you have broken out of the womb!" So he was named Perez.
Afterward his brother came out -- the one who had the scarlet thread on his hand -- and he was named Zerah.
Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, purchased him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, "Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's house."
He named the second child Ephraim, saying, "Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."
the Angel who has protected me from all harm -- bless these boys. May my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. May they grow into a multitude on the earth."