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Magic Squares in Genesis

A careful examination of the first few verses of Genesis reveals something peculiar in the letter counts of these verses. Both verse 5 and verse 10 are perfect squares of 49 letters, which is a square of seven letters by seven letters.

The two verses are 5 verses apart (10-5 = 5) when we calculate their ordinal sum we find the two sums are 5 digits apart as well and verse 10 has an exact average of ten for every letter.

Verse 5 = 485 Ordinal

Verse 10 = 490 Ordinal

49 x 10 = 490

When we arrange the letters as a square we see a number of elements align themselves in regular patterns.

What happens if we rearrange these letters according to the mathematical pattern of a magic square?

A magic square is a mathematical puzzle with an ancient pedigree. It has been a favorite pastime of many mathematicians as well as the occasional politician such as Benjamin Franklin who created incredibly complex magic squares. In a magic square the sequential numbers of the square are rearranged in such a fashion that all the rows, columns and diagonals become equal.

A square of nine numbers in sequence:

A magic square of nine numbers:

All the rows and columns and even the two diagonals will now all come to 15. This is only the most basic magic square. There are enormous magic squares of 24 x 24, 48 x 48, some even number into the hundreds. There are also trimagic squares and there are even magic cubes and many other mathematical marvels of this type.

The history of magic squares goes back thousands of years. They were commonly used as charms and amulets at the time of Roman Empire and long before in Babylon as well. So it is not entirely out of the question, that mystics of the past may have attempted to analyze the holy text via the patterns of magic squares.

When we do so in verse 5 and 10 of the first chapter of Genesis a remarkable pattern emerges.

In verse five we will use a standard Order 7 magic square configuration.

All the rows, columns and diagonals of this square come to 175 while the entirety is 1225.

If we follow the pattern of this magic square we can rearrange the letters to follow this mathematical pattern. We place the first letter of verse 5 where the first number on the magic square is and continue to place the letters in sequential order of the pattern of the magic square.

Here we can see that some of the elements have clustered together. The Yods (the Hebrew letter I) for instance, have clustered into two groups. What is more interesting, however, is when we convert these letters into their ordinal numerations.

Since this is an order seven square it is odd numbered and an odd numbered square will always have a central row and column. As this is true, we can draw a cross on this square that is perfectly symmetrical. When we do so we find a surprising sum.

Genesis 1:5 as a Magic Square

Here now the cross comes to 112. This is highly relevant because it is the sum of the most holy name in the Old Testament, which is the full name of the Lord God.

יהוה אלהים = The Lord God = 112

This type of numerical correlation we have seen in many places again and again. Its understanding is, that it is the mathematical signature of the Deity. What is compelling here, is that it is in the form of a cross, the eventual symbol of the Christian religion. What is even more compelling, however, is that the remainder comes to 373 which is the sum of John’s Logos, the Word, and part of a much larger Three-Seven pattern that we see everywhere in scripture.

Λογος = Logos, the Word = 373

When we try this technique on verse 10 however, we find no such pattern emerging. That is, unless we try another standard technique of creating mathematical squares.

An Alternate Order 7 Magic Square

This magic square has the same sum of the rows and columns as the other as well as the same total. It is simply constructed in a slightly different way.

Here now if we follow this other pattern for verse ten and convert the letters to their ordinal numeration, we see again, this same pattern emerge, only with a slight grammatical variation, in that Lord God, becomes Thee Lord God by adding the definitive article. It is, nevertheless, a historically valid, Biblical based spelling that is just a one letter and five digit difference.

Genesis 1:10 as a Magic Square

Here the cross comes to 117 which is also the sum of the the Lord God. This is irregular in modern Hebrew as the definitive article here is unnecessary, because it is a proper name, it requires no definitive article. However, in Biblical Hebrew, which is more important in this context, this is the emphatic form, where the definitive article is added for emphasis. A translation might read like: 'The one and only God.'

יהוה האלהים = The Lord God = 117

Here again we see that the remaining field of numbers gives us our Word of John in the number 373.

Λογος = Logos, the Word = 373

As stated earlier, this is part of the overall pattern that is being discovered in the numerics of Scripture, a Three-Seven pattern, named the Three-Seven Fractal. This pattern is based on the factors of the first verse (37 x 73 = 2701 = Genesis 1:1) and theologically is a reference to the Trinity in Three and the Seven Spirits of God in Seven.

If these two squares stood alone in all of scripture, then they might be ignored as a highly unusual anomaly, however they are not the only examples and it can be shown that these patterns are ubiquitous to the text.