Genesis 28:12
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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.And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
In other translations
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.And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
Hebrew words
וַיַּחֲלֹםvaiyachalomand he dreamedH2492וְהִנֵּהvehinehand there!H2009סֻלָּםsulama stairwayH5551מֻצָּבmutzav[was] placedH5324אַרְצָה'artzah[the] earth towardsH776וְרֹאשׁוֹveroshoand top itsH7218מַגִּיעַmagia'[was] reachingH5060הַשָּׁמָיְמָהhashamayemahthe heavens towardsH8064וְהִנֵּהvehinehand there!H2009מַלְאֲכֵיmal'akhei[the] angels ofH4397אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430עֹלִים'olim[were] going upH5927וְיֹרְדִיםveyoredimand [were] going downH3381בּוֹ׃boon <the> it
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