Reuven (Reuben · ראובן)
Reuven (Reuben · ראובן) is a person named in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Reuven (Reuben) is found 3,935 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 41:20) — about what chance alone gives (about 3,871).
- Found in the Torah
- 3,935
- Chance alone
- 3,871
- P (≥ found)
- 0.15
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 3,935 sequences of ראובן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,871).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 41:20, reading forward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 76,212, the Torah holds 29,816 sequences of ראובן, against about 30,510 from chance alone.
- Genesis 1,314
- Exodus 618
- Leviticus 581
- Numbers 802
- Deuteronomy 620
The shortest skips
וַתֹּאכַלְנָה הַפָּרוֹת הָרַקּוֹת וְהָרָעוֹת אֵת שֶׁבַע הַפָּרוֹת הָרִאשֹׁנוֹת הַבְּרִיאֹֽת
And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 61,074Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַן לָבָן וַיֹּאמֶר אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב הַבָּנוֹת בְּנֹתַי וְהַבָּנִים בָּנַי וְהַצֹּאן צֹאנִי וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה רֹאֶה לִי־הוּא וְלִבְנֹתַי מָֽה־אֶֽעֱשֶׂה לָאֵלֶּה הַיּוֹם אוֹ לִבְנֵיהֶן אֲשֶׁר יָלָֽדוּ
And Laban answered and said unto Jacob: ‘The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine; and what can I do this day for these my daughters, or for their children whom they have borne?
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 45,851Open in the laboratory →
לֹא־תֹאכַל עָלָיו חָמֵץ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תֹּֽאכַל־עָלָיו מַצּוֹת לֶחֶם עֹנִי כִּי בְחִפָּזוֹן יָצָאתָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לְמַעַן תִּזְכֹּר אֶת־יוֹם צֵֽאתְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּֽיךָ
Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for in haste didst thou come forth out of the land of Egypt; that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 276,681Open in the laboratory →
וּכְמוֹ הַשַּׁחַר עָלָה וַיָּאִיצוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים בְּלוֹט לֵאמֹר קוּם קַח אֶֽת־אִשְׁתְּךָ וְאֶת־שְׁתֵּי בְנֹתֶיךָ הַנִּמְצָאֹת פֶּן־תִּסָּפֶה בַּעֲוֺן הָעִֽיר
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying: ‘Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here; lest thou be swept away in the iniquity of the city.’
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 23,064Open in the laboratory →
וּלְאָבִיו שָׁלַח כְּזֹאת עֲשָׂרָה חֲמֹרִים נֹשְׂאִים מִטּוּב מִצְרָיִם וְעֶשֶׂר אֲתֹנֹת נֹֽשְׂאֹת בָּר וָלֶחֶם וּמָזוֹן לְאָבִיו לַדָּֽרֶךְ
And to his father he sent in like manner ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and victual for his father by the way.
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 70,019Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
14,282 sequences of ראובן at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 14,644 that chance alone would produce.
- Genesis 1,314
- Exodus 618
- Leviticus 581
- Numbers 802
- Deuteronomy 688
- Joshua 557
- Judges 546
- Samuel 1,184
- Kings 1,075
- Isaiah 722
- Jeremiah 999
- Ezekiel 864
- The Twelve 660
- Psalms 700
- Proverbs 278
- Job 310
- Song of Songs 53
- Ruth 46
- Lamentations 57
- Ecclesiastes 90
- Esther 139
- Daniel 306
- Ezra–Nehemiah 551
- Chronicles 1,142
Outside the Torah
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל־הָעָם עֵדִים אַתֶּם בָּכֶם כִּֽי־אַתֶּם בְּחַרְתֶּם לָכֶם אֶת־יְהוָה לַעֲבֹד אוֹתוֹ וַיֹּאמְרוּ עֵדִֽים
And Joshua said unto the people: ‘Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve Him.—And they said: ‘We are witnesses.’—
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 343,919Open in the laboratory →
וְהַשֵּׁנִית לְמִי אֲנִי אֶֽעֱבֹד הֲלוֹא לִפְנֵי בְנוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר עָבַדְתִּי לִפְנֵי אָבִיךָ כֵּן אֶהְיֶה לְפָנֶֽיךָ
And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father’s presence, so will I be in thy presence.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 461,318Open in the laboratory →
וְאַף כִּי תִשְׁלַחְנָה לַֽאֲנָשִׁים בָּאִים מִמֶּרְחָק אֲשֶׁר מַלְאָךְ שָׁלוּחַ אֲלֵיהֶם וְהִנֵּה־בָאוּ לַאֲשֶׁר רָחַצְתְּ כָּחַלְתְּ עֵינַיִךְ וְעָדִית עֶֽדִי
And furthermore ye have sent for men that come from far; unto whom a messenger was sent, and, lo, they came; for whom thou didst wash thyself, paint thine eyes, and deck thyself with ornaments;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 760,971Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
ראובן — the Tanakh's own spelling: Reuben. Searched as ראובן, 5 letters, with a standard gematria value of 259.
As a plain word it stands 69 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 29:32. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Reuben.
Questions
Is Reuven (Reuben) in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 3,935 sequences of ראובן at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 3,871).
What is the shortest skip for Reuven (Reuben) in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 41:20 — the shortest of 3,935 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 3,871.
How is Reuven (Reuben) spelled in Hebrew?
Reuven is spelled ראובן — 5 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 259.
Is Reuven (Reuben) in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
14,282 sequences of ראובן at skips 2–5,000 in the whole Tanakh, close to the 14,644 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 3,871 here) beside the count.