Patriarchs אבות
Patriarchs — in Hebrew אבות — fathers; the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 83,152 sequences of Patriarchs, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 29:20); chance alone would give about 83,441.
- Found in the Torah
- 83,152
- Chance alone
- 83,441
- P (≥ found)
- 0.84
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, אבות appears 83,152 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 83,441, so the count is in line with chance.
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 29:20, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 851,778 sequences of אבות, against about 869,441 from chance alone.
- Genesis 23,629
- Exodus 15,783
- Leviticus 14,639
- Numbers 14,706
- Deuteronomy 14,395
The shortest skips
וַיַּעֲבֹד יַעֲקֹב בְּרָחֵל שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וַיִּהְיוּ בְעֵינָיו כְּיָמִים אֲחָדִים בְּאַהֲבָתוֹ אֹתָֽהּ
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 40,789Open in the laboratory →
וְאֵלֶּה בְּנֵי דִישָׁן חֶמְדָּן וְאֶשְׁבָּן וְיִתְרָן וּכְרָֽן
And these are the children of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 53,395Open in the laboratory →
אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי זִלְפָּה אֲשֶׁר־נָתַן לָבָן לְלֵאָה בִתּוֹ וַתֵּלֶד אֶת־אֵלֶּה לְיַעֲקֹב שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה נָֽפֶשׁ
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 71,094Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּהֲפֹךְ יְהוָה רֽוּחַ־יָם חָזָק מְאֹד וַיִּשָּׂא אֶת־הָאַרְבֶּה וַיִּתְקָעֵהוּ יָמָּה סּוּף לֹא נִשְׁאַר אַרְבֶּה אֶחָד בְּכֹל גְּבוּל מִצְרָֽיִם
And the LORD turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea; there remained not one locust in all the border of Egypt.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 92,790Open in the laboratory →
וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִים בָּכֶם יִמַּקּוּ בַּֽעֲוֺנָם בְּאַרְצֹת אֹיְבֵיכֶם וְאַף בַּעֲוֺנֹת אֲבֹתָם אִתָּם יִמָּֽקּוּ
And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 184,227Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
The whole Tanakh holds 294,447 sequences of אבות at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 296,096).
- Genesis 23,629
- Exodus 15,783
- Leviticus 14,639
- Numbers 14,706
- Deuteronomy 15,307
- Joshua 8,826
- Judges 10,659
- Samuel 26,316
- Kings 25,530
- Isaiah 12,831
- Jeremiah 22,152
- Ezekiel 22,901
- The Twelve 12,824
- Psalms 13,146
- Proverbs 5,024
- Job 6,626
- Song of Songs 831
- Ruth 1,284
- Lamentations 1,187
- Ecclesiastes 2,457
- Esther 2,076
- Daniel 4,817
- Ezra–Nehemiah 8,245
- Chronicles 22,651
Outside the Torah
וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַיַּשְׁכִּמוּ כַּעֲלוֹת הַשַּׁחַר וַיָּסֹבּוּ אֶת־הָעִיר כַּמִּשְׁפָּט הַזֶּה שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים רַק בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא סָבְבוּ אֶת־הָעִיר שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִֽים
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times; only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 312,436Open in the laboratory →
וּמֵעֵבֶר לְיַרְדֵּן יְרִיחוֹ מִזְרָחָה נָתְנוּ אֶת־בֶּצֶר בַּמִּדְבָּר בַּמִּישֹׁר מִמַּטֵּה רְאוּבֵן וְאֶת־רָאמֹת בַּגִּלְעָד מִמַּטֵּה־גָד וְאֶת־גלון בַּבָּשָׁן מִמַּטֵּה מְנַשֶּֽׁה
And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the table-land out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 335,986Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמֶר אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל הַרְּאִיתֶם הָאִישׁ הָֽעֹלֶה הַזֶּה כִּי לְחָרֵף אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל עֹלֶה וְֽהָיָה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יַכֶּנּוּ יַעְשְׁרֶנּוּ הַמֶּלֶךְ עֹשֶׁר גָּדוֹל וְאֶת־בִּתּוֹ יִתֶּן־לוֹ וְאֵת בֵּית אָבִיו יַעֲשֶׂה חָפְשִׁי בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And the men of Israel said: ‘Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to taunt Israel is he come up; and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 410,634Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
אבות — the Tanakh's own spelling: fathers; the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Searched as אבות, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 409.
As a plain word it stands 35 times in the Tanakh, first at Exodus 6:25. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Does Patriarchs appear in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, אבות appears 83,152 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 83,441, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Patriarchs in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 29:20 — the shortest of 83,152 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 83,441.
How is Patriarchs spelled in Hebrew?
Patriarchs is spelled אבות — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 409.
Is Patriarchs in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
The whole Tanakh holds 294,447 sequences of אבות at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 296,096).
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 83,441 here) beside the count.