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Rebecca רבקה

All of Rebecca's 30 appearances are in Genesis. She is the first person in the Torah said to go and inquire of the Lord.

Found in the Torah
145,175
Chance alone: 139,959
Skips 2 to 101,616
Found in the Tanakh
1,675,647
Chance alone: 1,713,830
Skips 2 to 399,013

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Unlike the other matriarchs, Rebecca is confined to one book. Every appearance of her name is in Genesis, from the genealogy in 22:23, where she is mentioned before anyone needs her, to the burial list in 49:31. No prophet recalls her by name. What she does in those chapters is unusual for how much she decides. She agrees to go with Abraham's servant when her family hesitates. When the children struggle within her she goes to inquire of the Lord herself, in Genesis 25:22, and nobody in the Torah has been said to do that before her. And she arranges for Jacob's blessing.

As a whole word
22
First, with any prefix
Genesis 22:23
Last
Genesis 49:31

The measurement

Her name stands in one book of the Tanakh, and its sequences start in all five books of the Torah: 40,039 in Genesis and 30,141 in Exodus, where she never appears. A sequence does not know where a name belongs.

At every skipTorahTanakh
Found145,1751,675,647
Chance alone139,9591,713,830
P (≥ found)5.9 × 10⁻⁴⁴1.00
Shortest skip32
Longest skip101,195398,816

Counted forward and backward on the written text, with final letters treated as ordinary ones. At the laboratory's opening setting, skips 2 to 5,000, the Torah gives 13,475 against 13,432 by chance. How these figures are made.

The sequences, letter by letter

Each letter is shown in the verse it happens to stand in, nothing more. Tap one to read it in the Tanakh, with the rest of the sequence marked.

In the Torah

Shortest skip 3, backward from Genesis 47:17
רבקה, skip 3 backward, from Genesis 47:17ההצאןובמקנהברוחמיםוינהלםבלרבקה
A matrix 3 letters wide.

Open at skip 3

  1. Genesis 47:17רבקה

    … לֶ֜חֶם בַּסּוּסִ֗ים וּבְמִקְנֵ֥ה הַצֹּ֛אן וּבְמִקְנֵ֥ה הַבָּקָ֖ר וּבַחֲמֹרִ֑ים וַיְנַהֲלֵ֤ם בַּלֶּ֨חֶם֙ בְּכָל־מִקְנֵהֶ֔ם בַּשָּׁנָ֖ה …

    And they brought their cattle unto Joseph. And Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the asses; and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year.

Shortest skip 3, backward from Leviticus 16:6
רבקה, skip 3 backward, from Leviticus 16:6ואילאחדלעלוהריאהןאתפרהחטאתרבקה
A matrix 3 letters wide.

Open at skip 3

  1. Leviticus 16:6רבק

    וְהִקְרִ֧יב אַהֲרֹ֛ן אֶת־פַּ֥ר הַחַטָּ֖את אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ וְכִפֶּ֥ר בַּעֲד֖וֹ וּבְעַ֥ד בֵּיתֽוֹ׃

    And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself, and for his house.

  2. Leviticus 16:5ה

    וּמֵאֵ֗ת עֲדַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יִקַּ֛ח שְׁנֵֽי־שְׂעִירֵ֥י עִזִּ֖ים לְחַטָּ֑את וְאַ֥יִל אֶחָ֖ד לְעֹלָֽה׃

    And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering.

Short skip 50, forward from Numbers 7:15
רבקה, skip 50 forward, from Numbers 7:15כתהמזבחויהיהמקריבביוםהיהודהוקרבנוקערתכסףאחםשקלבשקלהקדששניהםמלאיבמלאהקטרתפאחדבןבקראיחדלחטאתולזחהשלמיםבקרישנהחמשהזהרבןנחשוןבןרנשיאיששכרקרבאתקרבנוחדכסףשבעיםשקלבשקלהקדשאחתעשרהזהבמלאהקטרתפראשעירעזיםאחדלחטאתולזבחרבקה
One row of this matrix is 50 letters wide. The 21 columns around the sequence are shown.

Open at skip 50

  1. Numbers 7:15ר

    פַּ֣ר אֶחָ֞ד בֶּן־בָּקָ֗ר אַ֧יִל אֶחָ֛ד כֶּֽבֶשׂ־אֶחָ֥ד בֶּן־שְׁנָת֖וֹ לְעֹלָֽה׃

    one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering;

  2. Numbers 7:17בק

    וּלְזֶ֣בַח הַשְּׁלָמִים֮ בָּקָ֣ר שְׁנַיִם֒ אֵילִ֤ם חֲמִשָּׁה֙ עַתּוּדִ֣ים חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה כְּבָשִׂ֥ים בְּנֵֽי־שָׁנָ֖ה חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה זֶ֛ה קָרְבַּ֥ן נַחְשׁ֖וֹן בֶּן־עַמִּינָדָֽב׃

    and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

  3. Numbers 7:19ה

    הִקְרִ֨ב אֶת־קָרְבָּנ֜וֹ קַֽעֲרַת־כֶּ֣סֶף אַחַ֗ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים …

    he presented for his offering one silver dish, the weight thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

Middle skip 500, backward from Exodus 27:21
רבקה, skip 500 backward, from Exodus 27:21החשבתעשהאתםארךהיריעההניהאהלועשיתחמשיםללאתעיאדניםתחתהקרשהאחדלשתיהבריחםזהבוקמתאתהמשכןתקמתוועשיתרנתיועלארבקיהםכסףורחהחצרלפאתיםקחקתעולםלדתםמאתבניישישראלששהמשמתםעלהאבןהאביהיובמלואתםוהאבניםתהובבאואלהקדשלזכרןלפניירבקה
One row of this matrix is 500 letters wide. The 21 columns around the sequence are shown.

Open at skip 500

  1. Exodus 27:21ר

    … לִפְנֵ֣י יְקוָ֑ק חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹ֣רֹתָ֔ם מֵאֵ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

    In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order, to burn from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

  2. Exodus 27:12ב

    וְרֹ֤חַב הֶֽחָצֵר֙ לִפְאַת־יָ֔ם קְלָעִ֖ים חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּ֑ה עַמֻּדֵיהֶ֣ם עֲשָׂרָ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם עֲשָׂרָֽה׃

    And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

  3. Exodus 27:2ק

    וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ קַרְנֹתָ֗יו עַ֚ל אַרְבַּ֣ע פִּנֹּתָ֔יו מִמֶּ֖נּוּ תִּהְיֶ֣יןָ קַרְנֹתָ֑יו וְצִפִּיתָ֥ אֹת֖וֹ נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃

    And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it; and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

  4. Exodus 26:30ה

    וַהֲקֵמֹתָ֖ אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן כְּמִ֨שְׁפָּט֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָרְאֵ֖יתָ בָּהָֽר׃

    And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been shown thee in the mount.

Wide skip 5,008, backward from Deuteronomy 4:36
רבקה, skip 5008 backward, from Deuteronomy 4:36לאנחשביעקבולאקסםבישראמשהואתמריםאחתםויולדלאביהאתנדרהואסרהאשראסרהלוציםלפנייוקארץכנעןוץלגבולעירמלטוורצחגאלעויםהישביםחצריםעדעזהוהגדולהודביושמעתמתוךלתאשרראועיניךוהאתתוהמעשהבתוךמצריםלפרעהמלךמדולאידבקבידךמאומהמןהחרבקק
One row of this matrix is 5,008 letters wide. The 21 columns around the sequence are shown.

Open at skip 5,008

  1. Deuteronomy 4:36ר

    מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם הִשְׁמִֽיעֲךָ֥ אֶת־קֹל֖וֹ לְיַסְּרֶ֑ךָּ וְעַל־הָאָ֗רֶץ הֶרְאֲךָ֙ אֶת־אִשּׁ֣וֹ הַגְּדוֹלָ֔ה וּדְבָרָ֥יו שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ מִתּ֥וֹךְ הָאֵֽשׁ׃

    Out of heaven He made thee to hear His voice, that He might instruct thee; and upon earth He made thee to see His great fire; and thou didst hear His words out of the midst of the fire.

  2. Deuteronomy 2:23ב

    וְהָֽעַוִּ֛ים הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים בַּחֲצֵרִ֖ים עַד־עַזָּ֑ה כַּפְתֹּרִים֙ הַיֹּצְאִ֣ים מִכַּפְתּ֔וֹר הִשְׁמִידֻ֖ם וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ תַחְתָּֽם׃

    and the Avvim, that dwelt in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, that came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.—

  3. Numbers 35:27ק

    וּמָצָ֤א אֹתוֹ֙ גֹּאֵ֣ל הַדָּ֔ם מִח֕וּץ לִגְב֖וּל עִ֣יר מִקְלָט֑וֹ וְרָצַ֞ח גֹּאֵ֤ל הַדָּם֙ אֶת־הָ֣רֹצֵ֔חַ אֵ֥ין ל֖וֹ דָּֽם׃

    and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him;

  4. Numbers 32:32ה

    נַ֣חְנוּ נַעֲבֹ֧ר חֲלוּצִ֛ים לִפְנֵ֥י יְקוָ֖ק אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וְאִתָּ֨נוּ֙ אֲחֻזַּ֣ת נַחֲלָתֵ֔נוּ מֵעֵ֖בֶר לַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃

    We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.’

Outside the Torah

Shortest skip 2, forward from Joshua 10:16
רבקה, skip 2 forward, from Joshua 10:16באובמעהמדויגדליהרבקה
A matrix 2 letters wide.

Open at skip 2

  1. Joshua 10:16רבקה

    וַיָּנֻ֕סוּ חֲמֵ֖שֶׁת הַמְּלָכִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיֵּחָבְא֥וּ בַמְּעָרָ֖ה בְּמַקֵּדָֽה׃

    And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

Middle skip 500, forward from Joel 1:17
רבקה, skip 500 forward, from Joel 1:17ראלכיביבעזרךאהימלכךאפתםאהבםנדבהכישבאפיממנוניאריהומתלעותלביאלושםתיהםנשמואצותנהרסוממגבצופארורכגוריםירצוןכועולליםוינישדיםיצאחתראשוןומלאוגרנותברוהשקקראכיהנהבימיםההמהובעיםיגשויעלוכלאנשיהמלחמהשטיםמצריםלשממהתהיהוארבקה
One row of this matrix is 500 letters wide. The 21 columns around the sequence are shown.

Open at skip 500

  1. Joel 1:17ר

    עָבְשׁ֣וּ פְרֻד֗וֹת תַּ֚חַת מֶגְרְפֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙ אֹֽצָר֔וֹת נֶהֶרְס֖וּ מַמְּגֻר֑וֹת כִּ֥י הֹבִ֖ישׁ דָּגָֽן׃

    The grains shrivel under their hoes; The garners are laid desolate, The barns are broken down; For the corn is withered.

  2. Joel 2:7ב

    כְּגִבּוֹרִ֣ים יְרֻצ֔וּן כְּאַנְשֵׁ֥י מִלְחָמָ֖ה יַעֲל֣וּ חוֹמָ֑ה וְאִ֤ישׁ בִּדְרָכָיו֙ יֵֽלֵכ֔וּן וְלֹ֥א יְעַבְּט֖וּן אֹרְחוֹתָֽם׃

    They run like mighty men, They climb the wall like men of war; And they move on every one in his ways, And they entangle not their paths.

  3. Joel 2:16ק

    אִסְפוּ־עָ֞ם קַדְּשׁ֤וּ קָהָל֙ קִבְצ֣וּ זְקֵנִ֔ים אִסְפוּ֙ עֽוֹלָלִ֔ים וְיֹנְקֵ֖י שָׁדָ֑יִם יֵצֵ֤א חָתָן֙ מֵֽחֶדְר֔וֹ וְכַלָּ֖ה מֵחֻפָּתָֽהּ׃

    Gather the people, Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children, And those that suck the breasts; Let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, And the bride out of her pavilion.

  4. Joel 2:24ה

    וּמָלְא֥וּ הַגֳּרָנ֖וֹת בָּ֑ר וְהֵשִׁ֥יקוּ הַיְקָבִ֖ים תִּיר֥וֹשׁ וְיִצְהָֽר׃

    And the floors shall be full of corn, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.

By skip range, shuffled texts and book
Skips, TorahFoundChance alone
2 to 103324.8
11 to 100235248
101 to 1,0002,4692,466
1,001 to 5,00010,73810,694
5,001 to 101,616131,700126,527

Shuffled Torahs

The Torah's own count at skips 2 to 1,000 is 2,737. Each family below rebuilt the text 100 times (seed 5787). What each family keeps.

Control familyRuns at or above 2,737Median runRange
Letter shuffle49/1002,7362,609 to 2,831
Words within each verse26/1002,6942,537 to 2,823

Where the sequences start

TorahFoundChance alone
Genesis40,03935,842
Exodus30,14129,168
Leviticus19,68420,566
Numbers28,11229,174
Deuteronomy27,19925,210
TanakhFoundChance alone
Torah454,077436,460
Prophets782,769792,865
Writings438,801484,504

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