STUDY · PEOPLE & GENEALOGIES

Lives woven through Scripture.

Everyone the Bible names, in the order of its history. Open a life, follow the families, or trace the prophets, the rulers and the apostles through the eras Scripture gives them.

IN THIS COLLECTION

Choose a starting point. Explore in any order.

Everyone in the Bible

Every person Scripture names, in the order of its history, and who each one was.

People & families

Find a person, follow their family, and read the verses that name them.

Prophets through time

Follow the prophets by era and the kings Scripture names beside them.

Rulers through time

Judges, kings, queens, governors and emperors in the order of their reigns, beside the empires of the day, with the prophets who stood before them.

The apostles

The Twelve, Paul and the wider circle of the first church: where each was called, where they went, and how their stories end.

THE MOST-NAMED PEOPLE — VERSES THAT NAME THEM

  • Israel 2,578
  • Jesus 1,160
  • Judah 1,023
  • David 964
  • Moses 786
  • Aaron 333
  • Levi 329
  • Saul 327
  • Abraham 275
  • Solomon 272
  • Joseph 197
  • Joshua 189
  • Paul 182
  • Peter 178
  • Benjamin 166
  • Ephraim 159
  • Jeremiah 124
  • Isaac 123
  • Samuel 121
  • Joab 120

Everyone in the Bible

We've catalogued 3,055 people in order of biblical history.

01 Early world Creation to Babel 23 people

02 Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph 257 people

03 Exodus & the wilderness Out of Egypt and through the desert 342 people

04 Conquest Joshua and the promised land 6 people

05 Judges From Joshua to Samuel 96 people

06 United kingdom Saul, David and Solomon 309 people

07 Divided kingdom Israel and Judah apart 1,042 people

08 Exile Carried away to Babylon 66 people

09 Return Rebuilding Jerusalem 688 people

10 Life of Christ The four Gospels 76 people

11 Early church Acts and the letters 150 people

Rooted in Scripture. Open for discovery.

A place to read slowly, ask deeply, and follow the connections. Scripture, study and the voices of Christian history, brought together for a lifetime of learning.

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