Matthew 21:13Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.
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And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.
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And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.
Genesis 11:9
So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.
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Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing: