Thomas Jefferson’s Library

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First Bible with Numbered Verses

First Bible with Numbered Verses (28)

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The modern form of the Bible with the text arranged in numbered verses was first fully introduced by Robert Estienne in his Bible published in Geneva. Estienne, a noted French printer and scholar, also published a concordance to the Bible in the same year. Jefferson owned this 1555 edition of the work.