So the Lord God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky.
He brought them to the man to see what he would call them,
and the man chose a name for each one.
Genesis 2:19 New Living Translation
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Then Adam’s children got involved, naming animal groups.
Here are some:
- Apes: a shrewdness
- Boars: a sounder
- Buffalo: an obstinacy
- Cats: a pounce
- Cattle: a mob
- Cheetahs: a coalition
- Donkeys: a pace
- Elephants: a memory
- Elk: a gang
- Ferrets: a business
- Foxes: a skulk
- Giraffes: a tower
- Gnus: an implausibility
- Goats: a trip
- Hedgehogs: an array
- Hippopotamuses: a thunder
- Hyenas: a cackle
- Jaguars: a prowl
- Kittens: a kindle
- Lemurs: a conspiracy
- Leopards: a leap
- Martens: richness
- Moles: a labor
- Monkeys: a troop
- Narwhals: a blessing
- Otters: a romp
- Pandas: an embarrassment
- Polar Bears: a celebration
- Porcupines: a prickle
- Raccoons: a gaze
- Rhinoceroses: a stubbornness
- Seals: a harem
- Sloths: a bed
- Squirrels: a scurry
- Tigers: a streak
- Wombats: a wisdom
- Zebras: a dazzle
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“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name, you are mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.
For I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
Isaiah 43:1b-3a ESV