WHAT'S IN A NAME
First Word
Have you ever read in
scripture the “begats” – whose
kid was whose?
This reading is an
absolute desert; I mean dry and boring.
Was this chapter placed in the Bible
just so we could know the
family tree of Noah, or was it there for a different reason?
Is there a “Da Vinci Code” buried deep
within? STAY TUNED.
Bible Names
- All through the
Bible, children were given names that had a special meaning to the parent;
I will list the duel for children between Leah and Rachel to give a little flavor to this study.
- Twelve
Tribes of Jacob. - Twelve is the
number for Diving Power, Rule and Authority
- Reuben – The Lord has seen
my misery. (Leah)
- Simeon – The Lord heard that
I am not loved (Leah)
- Levi – My Husband will be
joined to me (Leah)
- Dan – God has vindicated
me( Rachel’s servant Bilhah)
- Naphtali – I have struggled
with my sister and won. ( Rachel’s
servant Bilhah)
- Gad – What good fortune (Leah's servant Zilpah)
- Asher – How happy I am (Leah's servant Zilpah
- Issachar – God has rewarded
me (Leah)
- Zebulun
– My
husband will treat me with honor (Leah)
- Joseph – God has taken away
my disgrace (Rachel)
- Benjamin – (Ben-Oni) Son of my pain and misfortune (Rachel)
- As Paula Dean would say
on her cooking show; “let that simmer on the back burner a while”
Gen 29:32 – Reuben - The
Lord has seen my misery
32 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." NIV
Gen 29:33 – Simeon – The
Lord heard that I am not loved
33 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. NIV
Gen 29:34 – Levi – My
Husband will be joined to me
34 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. NIV
Gen 29:35 – Judah – I will
praise the Lord
35 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. NIV
Gen 30:6 – Dan – God has
vindicated me
6 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. NIV
Gen 30:7-8 – Naphtali - I
struggled with my sister and won.
7 Rachel's servant Bilhah
conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
8 Then Rachel said, "I have had a great
struggle with my sister, and I have won." So she named him Naphtali. NIV
Gen 30:10-11 – Gad – What
good fortune
10 Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
11 Then Leah said, "What good fortune!"
So she named him Gad. NIV
Gen 30:12-13 – Asher – How
happy I am
12 Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.
13 Then Leah said, "How happy I am!
The women will call me happy." So she named him Asher. NIV
Gen 30:17-18 – Issachar –
God has rewarded me
17 God listened to Leah, and she became pregnant
and bore Jacob a fifth son.
18 Then Leah said, "God has rewarded me
for giving my maidservant to my husband." So she named him Issachar. NIV
Gen 30:20 – Zebulun – My
husband will treat me with honor
20 Then Leah said, "God has presented me with
a precious gift. This time my husband will treat me with honor, because
I have borne him six sons." So she named him Zebulun. NIV
Gen 30:22-24 – Joseph –
God has taken away my disgrace
22 God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and
opened her womb.
23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and
said, "God has taken away my disgrace."
24 She named him Joseph, and said,
"May the LORD add to me another son." NIV
Gen 35:17-18 – Benjamin –
Ben-Oni Son of my pain & misfortune
17 And as she was having great difficulty in
childbirth, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for you have
another son."
18 As she breathed her last--for she was
dying--she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin. NIV
Moses – The linage
- The stage has been
set for our tour through DRY places in the desert of the fifth Chapter of
Genesis; a trip through the ‘begats” with the linage of Moses all the way back to Adam. This game
is called “Who’s your Daddy” –
With a little luck you will see the Da Vinci CODE.
- Definitions came from
four Bible Dictionaries; Eason’s - Hitchcock’s – Nelson’s – Tenny’s.
- By the way; Ten is
the number for Government – The Law
- Adam – Man ( God called him Man)
- Seth – Appointed ( to compensate - to
replace Able who was killed by Cain)
- Enos – Mortal
(Mankind) Enosh
- Cainan – Sorrow (possessed; possession)
Kenan
- Mahalaleel – God shines forth – (Blessed God - Praising
God)
- Jared – Shall come down (Coming Down - Servant)
- Enoch – Teaching (dedicated - disciplined
– committed - consecrated)
- Methuselah – His death shall bring (he has sent
his death - man of the javelin)
- Lamech – Despairing - Lament
- Noah – Comfort – Rest – Relief
Gen 5:1-2 – Adam - Man
1 This is the written account of Adam's line. When God created man, he
made him in the likeness of God.
2 He created them male and female and blessed
them. And when they were created, he called them "man." NIV
Gen 5:3 - Seth
3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in
his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. NIV
Gen 5:6 - Enosh
6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the
father of Enosh. NIV
Gen 5:9 - Kenan
9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the
father of Kenan. NIV
Gen 5:12 - Mahalalel
12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the
father of Mahalalel
Gen 5:15 - Jared
15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became
the father of Jared.
Gen 5:18 - Enoch
18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the
father of Enoch
Gen 5:21 - Methuselah
21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the
father of Methuselah. NIV
Gen 5:25 - Lamech
25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became
the father of Lamech. NIV
Gen 5:28-29 - Noah
28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.
29 He named him Noah NIV
Just a little more
- Each person in the
Bible has their own story of how and why they were named, probably you do
too. Many names are revealed in the
Apocrypha; books that were not included in the Bible.
- Abraham’s name was Father of
many nations.
- Sarah’s name was Mother of
nations.
- Isaac’s name was laughter.
- Jacob’s name was supplanted
or grabber.
- Nabal’s name means fool.
- Lucifer before his fall was
known as; the Son of the Morning – Morning Star – Day star – Son of the Dawn
- Luminous – Light bringer – Shining One.
- Devil; Diabolic, Slanderer.
- Satan means Adversary –
Accuser – The Serpent
- Paul means Good Looking,
Tall, Dark and Handsome, Strong, Courageous, Nimble, Smart, Sensitive,
Caring, Compassionate, Cleaver, Funny, Imaginative and a
Prevaricator.
Gen 17:5 – Abraham –
Father of many nations
5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name
will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. NIV
Gen 17:15-16 – Sarah – The
mother of nations
15 As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to
call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.
16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son
by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations;
kings of peoples will come from her." NIV
Gen 21:5-6 – Isaac’s name
is laughter
5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac
was born to him.
6 Sarah said, "God has brought me laughter,
and everyone who NIV
1 Sam 25:25 – Nabal’s name
is fool
25 May my lord pay no attention to that wicked man
Nabal. He is just like his name-his name is Fool, and folly goes
with him. NIV
Isa 14:12 – Lucifer – Son of the Morning
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son
of the morning!
KJV
The Da Vinci Code
- Did you
find the code
– It’s been simmering in the pot – look back and see – Here it is.
- Man appointed mortal;
Sorrow
- God shines forth; shall come down teaching - His death shall
bring despairing, lament, comfort, rest and relief. – Is that fun or what.
- God does not write
down stuff for no reason. If you
are into numbers, the Bible is full of it.
If you love astrology, God has it. - If you are a nature lover, it’s there.
- Do you like solving puzzles and
finding secret codes, the Bible is loaded with it. - If you are just “Plain Vanilla”, it’s
there too.
- The Bible was written
in the past for our learning today.
It’s His glory to conceal His treasures from Kings and it’s there
glory to search it out.
- We are more than
kings; we are kings and priest and should search the scriptures daily to
discover the glory of TRUTH.
- God is so Good.
Rom 15:4 – Everything is
written to teach us
4 For everything that was written in the past
was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement
of the Scriptures we might have hope. NIV
Prov 25:2 – It is our
glory to search out the scriptures
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search
out a matter is the glory of kings. NIV
10 And have made us kings and priests to
our God; and we shall reign on the earth." NKJV
Acts 17:11 – We are to search the scriptures daily
11 In that they received the word with all
readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these
things were NKJV
In the multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Prov 11:14
I am grateful for those that went before me providing concepts, ideas, historical information, and scripture verses. Because of them I can stand on their shoulders and see further than I otherwise ever could have.
All the Women of the Bible – Edith Deen
Antiquity of
the Jews
– Flavius Josephus
Apocrypha; The – Edgar J. Goodspeed
Arithmetic of God; The – Don Kistler
Armageddon-Appointment
with Destiny – Grant R. Jeffrey
Bible Almanac; The - Nelson
Bible Dictionary – Harper’s
Bible on the life
Hereafter; The – William Hendriksen
Can America
Countdown to Armageddon,
the 1980’s – Hal Lindsay
Escape from Armageddon – Thomas Reed
Exposition of Genesis – H.C.
Leupold
Final Battle
Final Dawn over Jerusalem
From Daniel to Doomsday – John Hagee
Guide to Survival – Salem
Illustrated Bible
Dictionary – Nelson’s
Illustrated Bible
Dictionary; The - Tyndale
In the beginning was the
End – Wim Malgo
Islam and the Bible – David Goldmann
Late Great Planet Earth; The – Hal Lindsey
Matthew Henry’s Commentary – Zondervan
New International Version Bible – NIV
New international Dictionary of the Bible; The – Douglas & Tenney
New Millennium; The – Pat Robertson
Noah’s Family Tree – Stewart Trott
Pictorial Encyclopedia of
the Bible; The - Zondervan
Revelation, the – verse by
verse – Oliver B. Green
Revelation of Jesus Christ;
The
– Walvoord
Revelation Seminar; The –
1975 - Hilton Sutton
Revelation Study; The -
1973 – Dr. Warren
Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls – Hugh J. Schonfield
Theomatics – Jerry Lucas
Today’s Dictionary of the
Bible – T. A. Gryant
Who’s Who in the Bible - Gardner
Wycliffe Bible Commentary,
the – Moody Press
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