Books of the Bible / Genesis
Random Verse from Genesis
Roll a random verse from Genesis -- 50 chapters, 1,533 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all the evil which we did to him.””
Genesis 50:15
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Genesis (summary)
Genesis is book 1 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 50 chapters and 1,533 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Genesis compared to other books of the Bible?
Genesis is the 2nd longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 1,533 verses across 50 chapters -- an average of 30.7 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does Genesis sit among the other Old Testament books?
Genesis is book 1 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 1 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Genesis?
Genesis is the first book in the Protestant canon -- nothing comes before it. Exodus comes directly after it (40 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 1,533 verses in Genesis -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.