Genesis 1:1
Neutral key: nrf1:GEN.001.001
About the book Genesis Trend of this verse since 2000
Which lectionaries prescribe this verse
Bible text
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Text: World English Bible (Classic, with deuterocanon). The World English Bible is in the Public Domain. "World English Bible" is a trademark of eBible.org.. Licence: Public domain (World English Bible). Source: eBible.org eng-web USFM. Footnotes and cross references are left out; the rights holder has not reviewed or endorsed this display.
Statistics
- 35 Verse-level uses Counting rule CR-BASE: every citation of this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 35 Explicit citations Counting rule CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE, as in the Top 100: only citations that name this verse.
- #152 Rank Rank 152 of 19,199 verses with explicit citations; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping Position 1 in the sequence prot66.nrf, Old Testament
35 of the verse-level uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
Persons in this verse
No person of the Bible is linked to this verse yet.
Topics of this verse
- Earth
- Creativity
- Omnipotence
- Speaking things into existence
- Omnipresence
- Homosexuality
- The meaning of life
- God is in control
- Greatness
- Leviathan
The strongest topics first, by the votes of the OpenBible.info readers.10 more topics are not shown.
Persons: STEPBible TIPNR and MACULA; topics: OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Sources and credits
Numbering in the versification systems
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse unit has the following labels (mapping release R8); labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations: 22 occurrences
- Vers of the Day Website Data: 7 occurrences
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive: 3 occurrences
- losung.net: Losungen archive: 3 occurrences
Occurrences
35 approved public occurrences in the profile official@2, newest first.
- Date
- Mar 13, 2026
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Apr 4, 2025
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 1, 2024
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 1, 2024
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 1, 2020
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jul 10, 2017
- Cited as
- 1.Mose 1,1
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 10. Juli 2017
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2017-07-10
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 2016
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 1, 2012
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 1, 2008
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- May 14, 2007
- Cited as
- 1.Mose 1,1
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 14. Mai 2007
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2007-05-14
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Oct 20, 2004
- Cited as
- 1.Mose 1,1
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Mittwoch, 20. Oktober 2004
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2004-10-20
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 2004
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 1, 2000
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- 1920
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, The Everlasting Man, Chapter I: The Man in the Cave (1925)
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- GK Chesterton
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Breviloquium, Part 2, Chapter
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1225 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Writings of Thomas Aquinas
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Thomas Aquinas
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Breviloquium, Part 2, Chapter
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 667 – Dec 31, 735
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron)
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Bede
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- England
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 340 – Dec 31, 425
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Hebrew Questions on Genesis
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Jerome
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 344 – Dec 31, 407
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, HOMILIES ON GENESIS
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- John Chrysostom
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0379
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, QUESTIONS ON THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, QUESTION 122: ON THE BEGINNING
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Ambrosiaster
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- Ancient Rome
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0379
- Cited as
- Genesis 1:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, QUESTIONS ON THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, QUESTION 3: WHY MOSES DESCRIBED THE ORDER OF CREATION
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Ambrosiaster
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- Ancient Rome
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed: rule CR-BASE@1 / CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE@1, profile official@2, epoch 100
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – verse-level uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – explicit citations (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 100, published Nov 4, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
prot66.nrf, mapping release R8- Rank
- As in the Top 100: explicit citations, highest first, over the verses with at least one; tied verses share a rank.
- Occurrences
- Approved public occurrences of the profile shown, with at least one passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
Live numbers are recomputed every 15 minutes and are provisional until a data release is frozen. This page shows no Bible text. How we count