Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel.

Afterward his brother came out – the one who had the scarlet thread on his hand – and he was named Zerah.

God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

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.

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 a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord.

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.”

So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?

Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.

And Abraham called the name of that place “The Lord provides.” It is said to this day, “In the mountain of the Lord provision will be made.”

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.

Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son!” “Here I am!” Esau replied.

So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman!

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.)

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.