First & Last Verses (Gen 1:1 / Rev 22:21) Matching Letter Counts: 17 Vowels + 27 Consonants

Summary

The first and last verses of the King James Bible are perfectly identical by number of consonants and vowels. Exact matches.

Genesis 1:1 = 27 consonants: -n th- b-g-nn-ng G-d cr–t-d th- h–v-n -nd th- –rth.
Genesis 1:1 = 17 vowels: I- –e -e-i–i– -o- –ea-e- –e -ea-e- a– –e ea—.

Revelation 22:21 = 27 consonants: Th- gr-c- -f –r L-rd J-s-s Chr-st b- w-th y– -ll. -m-n.
Revelation 22:21 = 17 vowels: —e –a-e o- ou- -o– -e-u- —i– -e -i– -ou a–. A-e-.

This doesn’t happen in other Bibles. The Authorized King James stands alone as the pure word of God, down to the last jot and tittle .

The pattern of 17-27 shows up in more than 1 way:

• Both Genesis 1:1 and Revelation 22:21 have 17 vowels and 27 consonants
• First 17 letters of Genesis 1:1 = In the beginning God
• First 17 letters of Revelation 22:21 = The grace of our Lord
• Last 27 letters of Genesis 1:1 = created the heaven and the earth.
• Last 27 letters of Revelation 22:21 = Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
• First 27 letters of Genesis 1:1 contain 17 consonants.
• Last 27 letters of Revelation 22:21 contain 17 consonants.

In the Scriptures

What’s incredibly fascinating is that both the first mention of 17 and the first mention of 27 in the Bible bear textual authority to this first-and-last phenomenon. How so? Well, the first mention of 17 marks the very beginning of the flood (on the 17th day of the 2nd month), and the first mention of 27 marks the very end of the flood (on the 27th day of the 2nd month).

First mention of 17 in the Bible:

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Genesis 7:11

First mention of 27 in the Bible:

And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

Genesis 8:14

Luke 17:27 describes the flood of Noah which began on the 17th day of the month and dried up on 27th day of the month.

They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Luke 17:27

Matthew 17:27 describes the law of first mention, where Jesus instructs Peter to, “cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money…”

That is the last verse of Matthew 17. Not only does Matthew 17 have exactly 27 verses, but Genesis 17 has exactly 27 verses also.

In general, it’s hard to believe these verses have the same number of letters- let alone the same number of vowels and consonants. The KJB has a total of 144 verses with 44 letters, including Genesis 1:1 and Revelation 22:21.

144 out of 31,102.

The odds are quite low for this to occur by random coincidence. Besides Revelation 22:21, there are no other verses in the entire book of Revelation that contain exactly 44 letters. In fact, there are no verses in all of the General Epistles (James-Jude) that have any exactly 44 letters. You have to go all the way back to the book of Hebrews before you find the next closest verse with exactly 44 letters.

List of All Verses with 17 Vowels + 27 Consonants

Perhaps most astonishing of all are the verses that match Genesis 1:1 and Revelation 22:21. There are two logical ways to determine a match: with or without the Y-rule applied. Without the y-rule, (only the traditional A-E-I-O-U counted as vowels) you get a total of 26 verses that have 17 vowels / 27 consonants. The one that stands out the most is #22 on the list, 2 Corinthians 10:9, which reads: That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

ALL VERSES WITH 17 VOWELS / 27 CONSONANTS (Traditional Vowels, A-E-I-O-U)

1. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2. Genesis 48:8 And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?
3. Exodus 19:25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
4. Exodus 40:28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
5. Numbers 6:8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.
6. 1 Chronicles 6:23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
7. 1 Chronicles 23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
8. Job 5:16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
9. Job 41:8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
10. Psalm 71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
11. Psalm 115:15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
12. Psalm 119:70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
13. Song of Solomon 7:6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
14. Matthew 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
15. Mark 10:50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
16. Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
17. Luke 22:9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?
18. John 7:13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
19. Romans 9:12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
20. Romans 16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
21. 1 Corinthians 7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
22. 2 Corinthians 10:9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
23. Philippians 4:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
24. 2 Thessalonians 3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
25. 1 Timothy 1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
26. Revelation 22:21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

However, the list with the Y-rule applied is equally mind-blowing, featuring verses such as Psalm 119:140, “Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.” as well as Malachi 1:1, the first verse of the last O.T. book (forming a pattern between Genesis 1:1 & Malachi 1:1).

It also includes Psalm 44:4, which has both “King” and “Jacob” in the same verse (The name Jacob is equivalent to James).

ALL VERSES WITH 17 VOWELS / 27 CONSONANTS (Y-rule applied, A-E-I-O-U, and Y when it serves as a vowel)

1. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2. Genesis 9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
3. Genesis 11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
4. Genesis 48:8 And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?
5. Exodus 19:25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
6. Exodus 40:28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
7. 1 Chronicles 6:23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
8. 1 Chronicles 23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
9. Job 42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
10. Psalm 44:4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
11. Psalm 73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
12. Psalm 94:18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
13. Psalm 115:15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
14. Psalm 119:140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
15. Song of Solomon 7:3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
16. Song of Solomon 7:6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
17. Isaiah 8:16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
18. Jeremiah 16:20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
19. Lamentations 3:6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
20. Malachi 1:1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
21. Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
22. Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
23. Matthew 27:16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
24. Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
25. Luke 23:37 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
26. Luke 23:52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
27. Romans 9:12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
28. Romans 16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
29. 1 Corinthians 7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
30. Philippians 4:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
31. 2 Thessalonians 3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
32. Philemon 1:24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
33. Hebrews 3:11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
34. Revelation 22:21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Moreover, this list of matching verses with the Y-rule features Song of Solomon 7:3, “Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.” – are not Genesis 1:1 and Revelation 22:21 twins by nature of their perfect match? As twin breasts that give us the sincere milk of the word? (See 1 Peter 2:2 / Isaiah 28:9).

But look at the halfway verse on the list (#17 of 34) Isaiah 8:16, “Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.” How extraordinary is this?! Jesus Christ is speaking this passage in the prophet Isaiah, which perfectly pairs with the first and last verses of the Bible. Does it need any explanation? It stands on its own, speaking for itself.

Probability & Statistics

An engineer by the name of Dr. Jones has determined the exact probability of this anomaly, which is a 1 in 1186 chance of randomly occurring. Read his notes here:

Independent trials carried out using Python code produced nearly the same result, simulating the random selection of two Bible verses and checking whether they shared the same consonant and vowel counts. By repeating this process until 10,000 matches were found, the results were as follows:
Total Matches: 10,000, Total Attempts: 11,789,229, Probability of Match: 0.0008482319

…which is ~1 in 1179, validating Dr. Jones’ probability.

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