Bereshit בראשית
Bereshit — in Hebrew בראשית — in the beginning; the first word of the Torah and the name of Genesis. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 257 sequences of Bereshit, the shortest at skip 3 (Exodus 26:16); chance alone would give about 258.
- Found in the Torah
- 257
- Chance alone
- 258
- P (≥ found)
- 0.53
- Shortest skip
- 3
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
257 sequences of בראשית at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 258 that chance alone would produce.
The shortest skip at which בראשית appears in the Torah is 3 — the first at Exodus 26:16, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–60,969), בראשית is found 1,587 times; chance alone would give about 1,640.
- Genesis 71
- Exodus 50
- Leviticus 32
- Numbers 63
- Deuteronomy 41
The shortest skips
עֶשֶׂר אַמּוֹת אֹרֶךְ הַקָּרֶשׁ וְאַמָּה וַחֲצִי הָֽאַמָּה רֹחַב הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָֽד
Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.
skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 116,093Open in the laboratory →
וַאֲנִי הִנְנִי מֵבִיא אֶת־הַמַּבּוּל מַיִם עַל־הָאָרֶץ לְשַׁחֵת כָּל־בָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ רוּחַ חַיִּים מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָרֶץ יִגְוָֽע
And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; every thing that is in the earth shall perish.
skip 14, width 14 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 7,660Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּשְׁבִּעֵנִי אֲדֹנִי לֵאמֹר לֹא־תִקַּח אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי מִבְּנוֹת הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי יֹשֵׁב בְּאַרְצֽוֹ
And my master made me swear, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell.
skip 16, width 16 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 31,253Open in the laboratory →
וְנָתַתִּי גִשְׁמֵיכֶם בְּעִתָּם וְנָתְנָה הָאָרֶץ יְבוּלָהּ וְעֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה יִתֵּן פִּרְיֽוֹ
then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield her produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
skip 22, width 22 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 182,449Open in the laboratory →
תַּבְנִית כָּל־בְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ תַּבְנִית כָּל־צִפּוֹר כָּנָף אֲשֶׁר תָּעוּף בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם
the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
skip 32, width 32 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 257,431Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
846 sequences of בראשית at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 867 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 71
- Exodus 50
- Leviticus 32
- Numbers 63
- Deuteronomy 47
- Joshua 25
- Judges 34
- Samuel 61
- Kings 84
- Isaiah 32
- Jeremiah 72
- Ezekiel 51
- The Twelve 26
- Psalms 35
- Proverbs 16
- Job 26
- Song of Songs 3
- Ruth 3
- Lamentations 5
- Ecclesiastes 5
- Esther 9
- Daniel 11
- Ezra–Nehemiah 27
- Chronicles 58
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִיד אֶל־אָרְנָן תְּנָה־לִּי מְקוֹם הַגֹּרֶן וְאֶבְנֶה־בּוֹ מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָה בְּכֶסֶף מָלֵא תְּנֵהוּ לִי וְתֵעָצַר הַמַּגֵּפָה מֵעַל הָעָֽם
Then David said to Ornan: ‘Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto the LORD; for the full price shalt thou give it me; that the plague may be stayed from the people.’
skip 17, width 17 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 1,129,509Open in the laboratory →
וַיְהִי כַּֽאֲשֶׁר מֵת גִּדְעוֹן וַיָּשׁוּבוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּזְנוּ אַחֲרֵי הַבְּעָלִים וַיָּשִׂימוּ לָהֶם בַּעַל בְּרִית לֵאלֹהִֽים
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel again went astray after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.
skip 43, width 43 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 359,667Open in the laboratory →
כִּי לֹא קִדְּמוּ אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּלֶּחֶם וּבַמָּיִם וַיִּשְׂכֹּר עָלָיו אֶת־בִּלְעָם לְקַֽלְלוֹ וַיַּהֲפֹךְ אֱלֹהֵינוּ הַקְּלָלָה לִבְרָכָֽה
because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them; howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
skip 49, width 49 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column; the 21 columns around it are shown. letter 1,095,668Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
בראשית — the Tanakh's own spelling: in the beginning; the first word of the Torah and the name of Genesis. Searched as בראשית, 6 letters, with a standard gematria value of 913.
As a plain word it stands 5 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 1:1. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Bereshit in the Bible code?
257 sequences of בראשית at skips 2–5,000 in the Torah, close to the 258 that chance alone would produce.
What is the shortest skip for Bereshit in the Torah?
Skip 3, reading forward from Exodus 26:16 — the shortest of 257 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 258.
What is the gematria of Bereshit in Hebrew?
Bereshit is spelled בראשית — 6 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 913.
How many times is Bereshit found in the whole Tanakh?
846 sequences of בראשית at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 867 that chance alone would produce.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 258 here) beside the count.