Genesis 28:12
He dreamed and saw a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.This verse in the real world
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- סֻלָּםçullâma stair-case
- חָלַםchâlamproperly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (t
- נָצַבnâtsabto station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
- נָגַעnâgaʻproperly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with
- מֲלְאָךְmălʼâka messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- רֹאשׁrôʼshthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of
- עָלָהʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jhn 1:51, Gen 32:1–2, Num 12:6, Job 33:15–16, Gen 15:1, 2Ti 4:16–17, Gen 37:5–11, Gen 15:12