Sources
Every fact on BibleLine traces back to a source we can name, license, and pin to an exact version. The attributions below are not a formality — they are the contract that keeps this project free to read, free to host, and free to build upon. Where a dataset asks that derivative work carry its license forward, we honor that in kind and pass the same freedom on.
Character + genealogy dataset
Theographic Bible Metadata by Viz.Bible is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata. Pinned snapshot: cfb1c485d4da6fb63a69cb3b7f5b0752792f46bc.
BibleLine’s dataset is a derivative work; by CC BY-SA 4.0, BibleLine is published under the same license.
Supplementary character-pedia data
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) — public domain; description text lede for tier-3 stub records
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE, 1915) — public domain; supplementary context
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (TSK) — public domain; cross-reference seed
Bible text
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) — Creative Commons public domain dedication (openbible.info), default translation
King James Version (KJV) — public domain (USA)
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain dedication (ebible.org)
American Standard Version (ASV) — public domain (USA)
Tools
bible-passage-reference-parser (MIT) — canonicalizes verse references site-wide
Verse-ref validator gate — every Book C:V string on the site is checked at build time against the BSB corpus; unparseable or hallucinated refs fail CI