The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.

The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush.

The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Now the  Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

Now out of the ground the  Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.

But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him.

Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.

The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.

Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.

Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes.

His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.

Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, ‘God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.’

And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”

Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.

At that time people began to call on the name of the  Lord.

To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the  Lord.

He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them ‘Mankind’ when they were created.

Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.

When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.

When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

He named him Noah and said, ‘He will comfort us in the labour and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the  Lord has cursed.’

and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the  Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days – and also afterwards – when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

Two sons were born to Eber:
One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.

Then they said, ‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.’

Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”

That is why it was called Babel – because there the  Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the  Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the  Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the  Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah.

And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah.

‘I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

From there he went on towards the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the  Lord and called on the name of the  Lord.

From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the  Lord and called upon the name of the  Lord.

and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the  Lord.

to the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the  Lord.

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.

The angel of the  Lord also said to her:

‘You are now pregnant
and you will give birth to a son.
You shall name him Ishmael,
for the  Lord has heard of your misery.

And the angel of the  Lord said to her,

“Behold, you are pregnant
and shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael,
because the  Lord has listened to your affliction.

She gave this name to the  Lord who spoke to her: ‘You are the God who sees me,’ for she said, ‘I have now seen the One who sees me.’

So she called the name of the  Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.”

So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.

And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

No longer shall your name be called Abram but your name shall be Abraham for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

God also said to Abraham, ‘As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

Then God said, ‘Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.

But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.’ (That is why the town was called Zoar. )

Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

The elder daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today.

The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.

The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.

The younger also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites to this day.

Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.

Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac.

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the  Lord, the Eternal God.

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the  Lord, the Everlasting God.

So Abraham called that place The  Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, ‘On the mountain of the  Lord it will be provided.’

So Abraham called the name of that place, “The  Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the  Lord it shall be provided.”

His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also had sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maakah.

Moreover, his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he hurried out to the man at the spring.

Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban. Laban ran out toward the man, to the spring.

Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah.

Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.

These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the twelve tribal rulers according to their settlements and camps.

These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.

The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau.

The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau.

After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

He said to Jacob, ‘Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!’ (That is why he was also called Edom. )

And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom. )

Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.

And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham. And he gave them the names that his father had given them.

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarrelled with those of Isaac and said, ‘The water is ours!’ So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.

the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

Then they dug another well, but they quarrelled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also, so he called its name Sitnah.

He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarrelled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, ‘Now the  Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land.’

And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, saying, “For now the  Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”

Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the  Lord. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.

So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the  Lord and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

He called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.

He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

Esau said, ‘Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: he took my birthright, and now he’s taken my blessing!’ Then he asked, ‘Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?’

Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

He called that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz.

He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder one was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, ‘It is because the  Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now.’

And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, “Because the  Lord has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”

She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, ‘Because the  Lord heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too.’ So she named him Simeon.

She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the  Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also.” And she called his name Simeon.

Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, ‘Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.’ So he was named Levi.

Again she conceived and bore a son, and said, “Now this time my husband will be attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.

She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, ‘This time I will praise the  Lord.’ So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “This time I will praise the  Lord.” Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she ceased bearing.

Then Rachel said, ‘God has vindicated me; he has listened to my plea and given me a son.’ Because of this she named him Dan.

Then Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan.

Then Rachel said, ‘I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.’ So she named him Naphtali.

Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.

Then Leah said, ‘What good fortune!’ So she named him Gad.

And Leah said, “Good fortune has come!” so she called his name Gad.

Then Leah said, ‘How happy I am! The women will call me happy.’ So she named him Asher.

And Leah said, “Happy am I! For women have called me happy.” So she called his name Asher.