Bible Numbers 2.0

The Imperial Number

In Hebrew, the letters of God’s name (יהוה) have a total value of 26 (2 x 13). Since God’s name represents His reputation, character, and nature, the number 13 also bears these aspects.¹ Thus verses with numeric features following the principles found in Revelation 1:8 bearing the factor 13 are also verses with God’s signature.

God’s reputation is of steadfast love, justice and righteousness (Jeremiah 9:23-24). God’s love is best seen in Jesus, and God’s righteousness is easily seen in the everyday mercies like the rising sun. God’s justice, however, sometimes takes a little more effort to be seen. On the large scale of history, it is seen in the ending of nations and peoples (Genesis 15:16; Isaiah 2:4; Revelation 11:18). Thus in history, the number 13 is the imperial number denoting the sealing or ending of an age or event.

Example: Chin Shih Huangti inaugurated his rule over a united China in 221 B.C. This imperial system was abolished in 1911 A.D. with the declaration of the Republic of China. Coincidentally, 221 = 13 x 17, and 1911 = 3 x 7 x 7 x 13. Counting inclusively imperial China lasted 2132 (2 x 2 x 13 x 41) years. (The crossover from B.C. to A.D. requires the subtraction of 1 year because there is no year zero, but this is added back by including the partial years of 221 B.C. and 1911 A.D.)

Three segments of text in the book of Genesis have the imperial number following the principles found in Revelation 1:8. The first shines as a bright beacon in a history filled with death (Genesis 5:17-24). The second marks the ending of the post flood age (Genesis 10:5-11:9), and the third seals the covenant of land given Abraham (Genesis 15:18-23:20). The highlighted events once again show God’s plan through history. There is salvation in Enoch's ascension, the failure of the human race, and God’s promise through Abraham to bring life to people who have only death to look forward to.

Enoch's Ascension (Genesis 5:17-24)

Genesis chapter 5 lists Adam and Eve's descendants. They were extremely long lived, but all of them died. It was during this time when death came to all men that people began calling on the name of the Lord. (Genesis 4:26)

Thus all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died. When Jared had lived a hundred and sixty-two years he became the father of Enoch. Jared lived after the birth of Enoch eight hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died. When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he became the father of Methuselah. Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. (Genesis 5:17-24)

Enoch had an uncommon relationship with God. He walked with God for three hundred years! Enoch's centuries long friendship with God showed that death was not the only fate. And to emphasize this, God ensured the text of these verses carried His signature.

1.1.1Following Revelation 1:8, we look at the first and last numbers mentioned in this segment. There is Mahalalel's 895 years in verse seventeen, and Enoch's 365 years in verse twenty-three. 895 + 365 = 1260 = 2² x 3² x 5 x 7. SF: 22 = 2 x 11. SF: 13.

1.1.2There are seven numbers in this segment: 895 + 162 + 800 + 962 + 65 + 300 + 365 = 3549 = 3 x 7 x 13².

The Hebrew text has 85 words and 333 letters.

1.1.3Numeric total: 25948 = 2 x 2 x 13 x 499.

1.1.4.1Odd positioned words: 12714 = 2 x 3 x 13 x 163.

1.1.4.2Even positioned words: 13234 = 2 x 13 x 509.

1.1.5Only the 56th and 80th words are divisible by 13. They just so happen to be divisible by 7 as well.

1.1.6The middle N words (N being 81, 77, 57, 43, 35, or 19) added together are divisible by 7. The sum of N: 312 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 13.

1.1.7.1The first letter of each word: 5252 = 2 x 2 x 13 x 101.

1.1.7.2The last letter of each word: 8983 = 13 x 691.

1.1.8.1The values of the letters of God’s name in Hebrew applied directly to the letters finds these letters:

10 6 20 6

Total: 42 = 2 x 3 x 7.

1.1.8.2The divine name counts 13 times through the passage.

a) Letter value from God's name
b) Count
c) Adjusted count
d) Letter found

a) 10 5  6   5   10 5  6  5   10 5   6  5  10 5  6  5   10  5   6
b) 10 15 21  26  36 41 47 52  62 67  73 78 88 93 99 104 114 119 125
c) 10 15 21  26  36 41 47 52  62 67  73 78 88 93 99 104 114 119 125
d) 10 1  400 300 6  6  8  300 50 400 6  8  4  5  1  20  50  30  6

a) 5   10  5   6   5   10  5   6   5   10  5   6   5   10  5   6
b) 130 140 145 151 156 166 171 177 182 192 197 203 208 218 223 229
c) 130 140 145 151 156 166 171 177 182 192 197 203 208 218 223 229
d) 6   10  10  40  400 6   10  20  300 30  400 10  8   10  10  6

a) 5   10  5   6   5   10  5   6   5   10  5   6   5   10  5   6
b) 234 244 249 255 260 270 275 281 286 296 301 307 312 322 327 333
c) 234 244 249 255 260 270 275 281 286 296 301 307 312 322 327 333
d) 6   400 10  10  6   10  8   10  6   5   30  1   5   10  400 40

a) 5
b) 338
c) 5
d) 6

Total (line D): 3850 = 2 x 5 x 5 x 7 x 11.

1.1.9Beginning with the first letter, and pulling every Nth letter after, the following values of N produce totals divisible by 13:

4 38 47 76 77 92 100 111 112 116 117 130 132 148 149

The sum of N: 1449 = 3 x 3 x 7 x 23.

Where others died, the one who loved God and walked with Him did not. Aside from Elijah, Enoch was the only other person the Bible says was raptured. Here we see the imperial number 13, the number associated with God’s Hebrew name. It shines as a bright spot in the darkness of a human history filled with death.

From The Flood To Babel (Genesis 10:5-11:9)

Humanity started out after The Flood as one family with a common language. But people did not listen to God, and did not learn from The Flood. God scattered them over the earth and confused their languages.

The passage begins with people starting to spread out from the Ark after The Flood.

From these the coastland peoples spread. These are the sons of Japheth in their lands, each with his own language, by their families, in their nations. (Genesis 10:5)

The passage ends with Babel.

Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth. (Genesis 11:9)

2.1.1Number of words: 376 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 47 (nf).

2.1.2Number of letters: 1429 (a prime number).

2.1.3Numeric total: 94770 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 13.

2.1.4.1Odd positioned words: 46566 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 13 x 199.

2.1.4.2Even positioned words: 48204 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 13 x 103.

2.1.5.1First half: 48997 = 13 x 3769.

2.1.5.2Last half: 45773 = 7 x 13 x 503.

2.1.6.1Pairing first & last, 2nd & 2nd last... (together divisible by 7)

a) 1st Item:   3   16  18  22  23  29  37  43  45  47  51  53  60
b) Value:      21  68  63  489 68  401 20  70  314 104 911 34  296
c) Last Item:  374 361 359 355 354 348 340 334 332 330 326 324 317
d) Value:      140 345 70  64  296 26  820 63  50  302 83  120 257
e) Sum:        161 413 133 553 364 427 840 133 364 406 994 154 553

a) 65  76  79  88  91  93  99  122 124 127 135  136 137 140 159 163
b) 401 68  285 87  407 407 407 407 407 226 408  74  82  321 272 62
c) 312 301 298 289 286 284 278 255 253 250 242  241 240 237 218 214
d) 82  226 86  263 20  83  132 83  293 82  733  850 898 36  407 407
e) 483 294 371 350 427 490 539 490 700 308 1141 924 980 357 679 469

a) 168 172 184 185
b) 46  166 308 44
c) 209 205 193 192
d) 255 744 168 68
e) 301 910 476 112

The sum of the beginning positions (line a): 2990 = 2 x 5 x 13 x 23.

The sum of the ending positions (line c): 9451 = 13 x 727.

Sum of positions (a + c): 12441 = 3 x 11 x 13 x 29. SF: 56 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 7. SF: 13.

2.1.6.2Pairing first & last, 2nd & 2nd last... (together & individually divisible by 13)

1st Item:   49   = 49 = 7 x 7. SF: 14 = 2 x 7.
Value:      26
Last Item:  328  = 328 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 41.
Value:      481
Sum:        507

Sum of positions: 377 = 13 x 29. SF: 42 = 2 x 3 x 7.

2.1.7One hundred and sixty-eight words are odd valued (168 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 7). 208 words are even valued (208 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 13).

2.1.8The N middle words are divisible by 13 where N is one of the following: 370 366 338 288 286 282 248 242 220 212 204 184 180 76 38 36 30 12

2.1.9.1The divine name's letter values can be run through the passage's words 51 times, just overshooting the length of the passage: 14840 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 7 x 53.

2.1.9.2Thirteen times also produces a result: 3172 = 2 x 2 x 13 x 61. SF: 78 = 2 x 3 x 13.

2.2.1Odd positioned letters: 46067 = 7 x 6581.

2.2.2.1First and last letter of each word: 49751 = 13 x 43 x 89.

2.2.2.2First letter of each word: 12805 = 5 x 13 x 197.

2.2.2.3Last letter of each word: 36946 = 2 x 7 x 7 x 13 x 29.

2.2.3.1Beginning with the first letter and taking every Nth after, the following values of N produce sequences divisible by 13:

14 23 38 39 44 57 64 78 207 223 230 250 251 269 312 321 333 334 380 
402 410 423 441 455 456 468 495 517 529 530 544 545 558 569 591 604 
617 619 639 649 661 679 680 

The sum of N: 16548 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 197.

2.2.3.2Taking every Nth letter, the following values of N produce sequences divisible by 13:

7 9 14 17 36 39 46 72 81 86 108 113 130 133 144 145 153 166 168 173 
188 197 198 210 231 234 248 276 288 289 293 301 315 339 354 370 388 
433 455 493 496 509 514 548 584 

The sum of N: 10591 = 7 x 17 x 89.

2.2.3.3The middle N letters are divisible by 7 where N is one of the following:

1427 1419 1413 1401 1395 1359 1351 1337 1329 1327 1311 1307 1305 
1295 1267 1261 1251 1247 1243 1235 1203 1191 1181 1173 1167 1153 
1143 1085 1079 1077 1075 1069 1067 1045 1023 1017 993 991 969 961 
943 937 927 923 915 901 891 869 857 849 843 831 823 819 807 799 793 
787 781 757 749 737 719 717 677 673 657 649 641 635 623 585 583 577 
563 557 555 553 543 507 501 487 479 477 461 453 393 391 389 387 379 
373 361 351 343 341 321 303 295 287 257 249 245 205 193 181 175 163 
153 147 125 123 119 117 99 95 79 73 65 21 19 5 

The sum of N: 88374 = 2 x 3 x 11 x 13 x 103

2.2.3.4The middle N letters are divisible by 13, where N is one of the following:

1427 1359 1357 1337 1335 1329 1309 1291 1227 1213 1199 1159 1135 
1133 1121 1111 1065 991 969 955 937 859 853 815 797 787 775 771 745 
739 737 729 701 677 673 663 647 641 621 591 563 545 531 459 439 433 
377 325 301 267 239 237 225 221 187 141 101 89 85 81 73 71 63 53 41 
31 3 

The sum of N: 44961 = 3 x 7 x 2141.

Canaan Given To Abraham

Genesis 15:18-23:20 documents God’s covenant of land with Abraham, with the Hittites as witnesses to a part of this promise. This passage also includes Genesis 21:12, where God clearly says the land is given to Abraham's descendants through Isaac.

Peoples, nations and religions can argue all they want about who owns the land of Palestine, or who belongs there, but God has claimed it for Israel. The numbers support the meaning and importance of the text.

The segment begins with Genesis 15:18.

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, (Genesis 15:18)

It ends with Genesis 23:20.

The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as a possession for a burying place by the Hittites. (Genesis 23:20)

Beginning with the covenant, and ending with Abraham actually obtaining land from the Hittites forms a natural numeric section with one theme.

Events In This Passage

• God makes a covenant with Abram. The land from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates would be given to Abram's descendants.
• Sarai's barrenness.
• Abram's marriage to Hagar.
• Hagar conceives and looks down on Sarai.
• Sarai treats Hagar arshly, and Hagar flees from Sarai.
• An angel advises Hagar to return and serve Sarai. She will call her son Ishmael.
• God reiterates His covenant. Abram's name is now Abraham, and Sarai's name is changed to Sarah. Their descendants will include kings.
• 13 years after the birth of Ishmael, the covenant is renewed with circumcision.
• Isaac will receive the eternal covenant, not Ishmael.
• Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
• The fall of Lot and the birth of the Moabites and Ammonites.
• Abraham's covenant with Abimelech.
• Birth of Isaac.
• Hagar and Ishmael sent away.
• Abraham renews his covenant with Abimelech, even though Abimelech neglected it.
• Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac.
• Death of Sarah.
• Abraham buys land from the Hittites.

Chapter Features

Renumbered: 1     2     3      4      5     6      7     8     9     
Chapter:    15    16    17     18     19    20     21    22    23    
Total:      13287 59811 125803 126122 65807 116025 93249 83749 77791

3.1.1First and last chapters: 13287 + 77791 = 91078 = 2 x 13 x 31 x 113.

3.1.2This means the middle 7 chapters work too: 670566 = 2 x 3 x 13 x 8597.

3.1.3The divine name runs 7 times through the chapter totals.

a) Letter value from the Hebrew name for God.
b) Count.
c) Adjusted count.
d) Chapter total found.

a) 10    5      6      5     10    5     6     5     10    5      6
b) 10    6      12     8     18    14    11    7     17    13     10
c) 1     6      3      8     9     5     2     7     8     4      1
d) 13287 116025 125803 83749 77791 65807 59811 93249 83749 126122 13287

a) 5      10    5      6     5     10     5     6     5      10
b) 6      16    12     9     14    15     11    8     13     14
c) 6      7     3      9     5     6      2     8     4      5
d) 116025 93249 125803 77791 65807 116025 59811 83749 126122 65807

a) 5     6     5      10     5     6      5
b) 10    7     12     13     9     15     11
c) 1     7     3      4      9     6      2
d) 13287 93249 125803 126122 77791 116025 59811

Total: 2400957 = 3² x 13 x 20521. SF: 20540 = 2² x 5 x 13 x 79.

3.1.4Even positioned chapters:

2     4      6      8
59811 126122 116025 83749

Total: 385707 = 3 x 7 x 18367.

3.1.5Chapters divisible by 7:

5     6      9
65807 116025 77791

Total: 259623 = 3² x 7 x 13 x 317. SF: 343 = 7³. SF: 21 = 3 x 7.

3.1.6Chapters divisible by 13:

6      7
116025 93249

The positions: 13.

3.1.7The chapter in the middle: 65807 = 7² x 17 x 79.

Verse Features

There are 214 verses.

3.2.1Pairing Nth and Nth last verses and recording only those pairs which together are divisible by 7:

a) First verse position:   2    9    16   41   46   53   55   62   75
b) Verse value:            1771 5684 1225 4417 1169 4193 3479 3311 5797
c) Last verse position:    213  206  199  174  169  162  160  153  140
d) Verse value:            4970 1554 1568 2982 2205 4361 959  5712 3058
e) Two verses added:       6741 7238 2793 7399 3374 8554 4438 9023 8855

a) 78   79   81   102  107
b) 4268 4112 4299 3708 2672
c) 137  136  134  113  108
d) 3558 3455 4773 3901 3712
e) 7826 7567 9072 7609 6384

Sum of verse positions: 3010 = 2 x 5 x 7 x 43.

3.2.2The first N verses, plus the last N verses are divisible by 7. This is true where N is:

3 19 29 35 37 47 51 60 63 68 92 94 97

In other words it happened exactly thirteen times.

3.2.3Taking every Nth verse, the following values of N produce verse sequences divisible by 13:

6 21 24 76 90

The sum of N: 217 = 7 x 31.

3.2.4Twenty-two verses have totals that are prime numbers:

a) Position: 15   23   27   30   35   39   43   56   59   66   70    
b) Verse:    3347 1601 4999 3739 4721 7127 7963 1907 3167 6899 2339  

a) 120  130  146  154  163  175  184  193  195  205  211  
b) 4159 2293 3943 2311 3079 3571 2617 2333 3623 5569 5351 

3.2.4.1The sum of the verse positions: 2339 (a prime number).

3.2.4.2Total of the verses: 86658 = 2 x 3 x 11 x 13 x 101. SF: 130 = 2 x 5 x 13.

3.2.4.3This means the total of the verses that are not prime numbers is also divisible by 13: 674986 = 2 x 13 x 13 x 1997.

Words & Letters

3.3.1Number of words: 2978 (nf).

3.3.2Number of letters: 11220 = 11220 = 2² x 3 x 5 x 11 x 17 (nf). Although the number of letters has no feature, this number is in between 11219 and 11221. Coincidentally, 11219 = 13 x 863, and 11221 = 7² x 229. Thus the number of letters is perfectly positioned.

3.3.3Numeric total: 761644 = 2² x 13 x 97 x 151.

3.3.4The divine name in Hebrew can be run through the words 89 times, with the last three letters of the name overshooting the length of the passage slightly. Total of words found: 116641 = 7 x 19 x 877. SF: 903 = 3 x 7 x 43. If the last three words were dropped, the total is 115675 = 5² x 7 x 661.

3.3.5Thirteen pairs of words can be found (Nth and Nth last) that together and individually are divisible by 13.

Nth word:      89   141  205  260  392  592  711  743  850  948  1063
Word value:    273  130  52   208  26   52   806  52   26   767  572
Nth last word: 2890 2838 2774 2719 2587 2387 2268 2236 2129 2031 1916
Word value:    273  65   65   273  91   208  91   494  325  325  52
Sum:           546  195  117  481  117  260  897  546  351  1092 624

Nth word:      1067 1397
Word value:    156  806
Nth last word: 1912 1582
Word value:    611  728
Sum:           767  1534

Sum of positions: 38727 = 3² x 13 x 331. SF: 350 = 2 x 5² x 7. The sum of the words would naturally be divisible by 13, but the surprise is in the positions of these pairs throughout the passage. And the additional surprise is that there are 13 pairs. Of course, thirteen pairs is 26, the value of God’s name in Hebrew. God has signed His name in the covenant record, and imprinted it with His watermark.

3.3.6Beginning with the first word, and taking every Nth after, the following values of N produce word sequences divisible by 7:

13 14 18 34 59 64 73 83 87 95 102 107 108 110 124 135 139 153 158 
162 163 186 187 188 192 193 200 209 217 218 240 254 263 279 281 283 
290 308 314 317 328 332 334 345 347 349 367 375 385 389 396 399 406 
425 431 436 438 441 456 469 476 482 484 485 486 487 500 502 515 521 
523 536 541 543 544 547 574 576 595 596 598 609 612 615 625 628 633 
636 646 651 655 672 674 675 677 693 698 710 711 725 732 734 736 752 
759 763 764 766 771 774 775 777 789 806 813 819 827 829 833 836 839 
842 845 855 856 866 872 875 877 900 905 917 919 929 936 945 949 961 
964 990 992 993 1024 1044 1045 1051 1057 1072 1075 1081 1082 1099 
1115 1126 1127 1134 1135 1149 1157 1163 1167 1169 1172 1173 1184 
1195 1198 1199 1201 1206 1216 1218 1219 1222 1238 1241 1244 1270 
1272 1277 1279 1304 1305 1307 1318 1327 1336 1351 1378 1383 1385 
1386 1394 1405 1417 1424 1428 1438 1444 1445 1451 1453 1456 1459 
1471 1476 1483

The sum of N: 155526 = 2 x 3 x 7² x 23². SF: 65 = 5 x 13.

3.3.7668 words are prime numbers: 146888 = 2³ x 7 x 43 x 61. SF: 117 = 3² x 13.

3.3.8.1First and last letters of each word: 353548 = 2² x 13² x 523. SF: 553 = 7 x 79.

3.3.8.2First letter of each word: 110097 = 3² x 13 x 941.

3.3.8.3Last letter of each word: 243451 = 13 x 61 x 307.

3.4.1Odd positioned letters: 382863 = 3 x 13 x 9817.

3.4.2Even positioned letters: 378781 = 13 x 29137.

3.4.3Beginning with the Nth letter, and taking every Nth after, the following values of N produce letter sequences divisible by 13:

20 56 67 79 108 114 119 147 177 189 208 261 280 285 298 305 321 322 
325 342 378 434 443 514 523 525 527 535 541 544 561 573 628 687 717 
727 737 739 767 784 785 826 833 834 845 853 871 881 887 898 905 951 
971 980 989 990 1103 1178 1192 1230 1240 1246 1248 1259 1264 1268 
1274 1319 1341 1361 1376 1383 1392 1404 1414

The sum of N: 54698 = 2 x 7 x 3907.

3.4.4.1The sum of all letters that are prime numbers: 2405 = 5 x 13 x 37.

3.4.4.2The sum of all letters that are not prime numbers: 107692 = 2² x 13 x 19 x 109.

3.4.5.1The sum of all letters divisible by 7: 10108 = 2² x 7 x 19². SF: 49 = 7². SF: 14 = 2 x 7.

3.4.5.2The sum of these letters positions: 239655 = 3 x 5 x 13 x 1229.

4.The 11220 letters can be arranged into a 17 x 66 x 10 block.