The Bible is the written Word of God and thus the ultimate set of guiding principles governing all areas of life for the people of God. Through these writings, God communicates his will, his laws, his nature, and his saving purpose to humanity.
Many scholars and histologists believe that it took approximately 1500 long years to write the bible. However, the question arises that were the authors of the books wrote continuously for 1500 years, what took that long to by the authors to write the bible and so many other questions.
There are 66 books in the bible, divided into 1,189 chapters. Genesis contains 50 chapters and has a total of 1,533 verses. The total number of words in the bible is also more than seven hundred thousand. Genesis is the first book of the Bible. This book contains stories about the origins of humans and animals.
There are three major historical versions of the Hebrew Bible: the Septuagint, the Masoretic Text, and the Samaritan Pentateuch (which contains only the first five books). They are related but do not share the same paths of development.