Quotes about Name
The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
— Genesis 19:37
And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.
— Genesis 21:3
Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
— Genesis 30:11
She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
— Genesis 30:24
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.”
— Genesis 32:28
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.
— Genesis 35:10
And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
— Genesis 35:18
Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.
— Genesis 36:32
When Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadad reigned in his place. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
— Genesis 36:39
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.”
— Exodus 2:10
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
— Exodus 2:22
Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
— Exodus 3:13