Quotes about Naming
Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
— Genesis 26:21
So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
— Genesis 26:33
Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
— Genesis 30:8
Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
— Genesis 30:13
After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
— Genesis 30:21
Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
— Genesis 31:47
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
— Genesis 32:2
“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
— Genesis 32:27
And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
— Genesis 35:18
So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
— Genesis 38:3
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
— Genesis 38:4
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
— Genesis 38:5