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Genesis 28:12-13 KJV
Genesis · chapter 28 · verses 12–13 · King James Version
12And 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. 13And, 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;Genesis 28:12-13 · King James Version
Genesis 28:12-13 in context
10And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
11And 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.
12And 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.
13And, 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;
14And 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.
15And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Cross references
- John 1:51
- Genesis 32:1-2
- Numbers 12:6
- Job 33:15-16
- Genesis 15:1
- Genesis 37:5-11
- 2 Timothy 4:16-17
- Genesis 15:12
- Genesis 13:15
- Genesis 35:12
Key words (Strong's)
- ascendingʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- dreamedchâlamproperly, to bind firmlyH2492 →
- reachednâgaʻproperly, to touchH5060 →
- AbrahamʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- ladderçullâma stair-caseH5551 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- angelsmălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
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