GENESIS 28:12

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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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 ascending and descending on it.”

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Genesis 28:12 Translation & Meaning

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And he dreamed, וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם Properly, to bind firmly, i.e., (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump dreamed
and behold וְהִנֵּ֤ה Lo! behold
a ladder סֻלָּם֙ A stair-case ladder
set up מֻצָּ֣ב To station, in various applications (literally or figuratively) set up
on the earth, אַ֔רְצָה The earth (at large, or partitively a land) earth
and the top וְרֹאשׁ֖וֹ The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) top
of it reached מַגִּ֣יעַ Properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.) reached
to heaven: הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה The sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) heaven
and behold וְהִנֵּה֙ Lo! behold
the angels מַלְאֲכֵ֣י A messenger; specifically, of God, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) angels
of God אֱלֹהִ֔ים Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
ascending עֹלִ֥ים To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative ascending
and descending וְיֹֽרְדִ֖ים To descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) descending
on it. וְיֹֽרְדִ֖ים To descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) on it

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  • 10  And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.

  • 11  And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

  • 12  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 ascending and descending on it.

  • 13  And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

  • 14  And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.




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