Verse 12
Genesis 28:12
American Standard Version
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And he dreamed. And behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God (Elohim) ascending and descending on it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יַּחֲלֹ֗ם וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה סֻלָּם֙ מֻצָּ֣ב אַ֔רְצָ/ה וְ/רֹאשׁ֖/וֹ מַגִּ֣יעַ הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יְמָ/ה וְ/הִנֵּה֙ מַלְאֲכֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֔ים עֹלִ֥ים וְ/יֹרְדִ֖ים בּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
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Chapter 28 Context
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Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother`s father. And take thee a wife from the...
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And God (Elohim) Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be...
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And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee. That thou mayest inherit...
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And Isaac sent away Jacob. And he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the bro...
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Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from...
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And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.
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8
And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father.
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9
And Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmae...
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10
And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
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11
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set. And he to...
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12
And he dreamed. And behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And b...
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And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of Abraham thy father,...
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14
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the...
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And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee, whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again...
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And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place. And I knew it not.
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And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other than the house of God (E...
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And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set i...
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And he called the name of that place Beth-el. But the name of the city was Luz at the first.
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And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God (Elohim) will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I...
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so that I come again to my father`s house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God (Elohim),
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then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God (Elohim)`s house. And of all that th...
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