Named by God
Answers to your Scripture questions
Other than Jesus, who in the Bible was given a name by God?
—J. MacMichael Jr., via e-mail
God named a number of people.
- Jacob’s name was changed to Israel (Genesis 35.9-11).
- Sarai’s name (Abraham’s wife) was changed to Sarah (Genesis 17.15, 16).
- Abram’s name was changed to Abraham (Genesis 17.4-6).
- God named Isaiah’s son Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Isaiah 8.1-3).
- God named the children of Gomer (Hosea 1.3-9).
- Zechariah’s son John was named by God (This is John the Baptist.) (Luke 1.11-14).
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