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Genesis 28:12

NETBible	and had a dream.¹ He saw² a stairway³ erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens. The angels of God were going up and coming down it
NIV © biblegateway Gen 28:12	He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 28:12	He had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 28:12	As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from earth to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down on it.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 28:12	And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground and it reached all the way to the sky; angels of God were going up and going down on it.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 28:12	And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 28:12	And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 28:12	Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
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KJV	And he dreamed <02492> (8799)_, and behold a ladder <05551> set up <05324> (8716) on the earth <0776>_, and the top of it <07218> reached <05060> (8688) to heaven <08064>_: and behold the angels <04397> of God <0430> ascending <05927> (8802) and descending <03381> (8802) on it.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 28:12	He had <02492> a dream <02492> , and behold <02009> , a ladder <05551> was set <05324> on the earth <0776> with its top <07218> reaching <05060> to heaven <08064> ; and behold <02009> , the angels <04397> of God <0430> were ascending <05927> and descending <03381> on it.
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ enupniasyh {V-API-3S} kai <2532> CONJ idou <2400> INJ klimax {N-NSF} esthrigmenh <4741> V-RMPNS en <1722> PREP th <3588> T-DSF gh <1065> N-DSF hv <3739> R-GSF h <3588> T-NSF kefalh <2776> N-NSF afikneito {V-IMI-3S} eiv <1519> PREP ton <3588> T-ASM ouranon <3772> N-ASM kai <2532> CONJ oi <3588> T-NPM aggeloi <32> N-NPM tou <3588> T-GSM yeou <2316> N-GSM anebainon <305> V-IAI-3P kai <2532> CONJ katebainon <2597> V-IAI-3P ep <1909> PREP authv <846> D-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	and had a dream <02492> . He saw <02009> a stairway <05551> erected <05324> on the earth <0776> with its top <07218> reaching <05060> to the heavens <08064> . The angels <04397> of God <0430> were going up <05927> and coming down <03381> it
HEBREW	wb <0> Mydryw <03381> Myle <05927> Myhla <0430> ykalm <04397> hnhw <02009> hmymsh <08064> eygm <05060> wsarw <07218> hura <0776> bum <05324> Mlo <05551> hnhw <02009> Mlxyw (28:12) <02492>

NETBible

and had a dream.¹ He saw² a stairway³ erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens. The angels of God were going up and coming down it

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “and dreamed.”

²tn Heb “and look.” The scene which Jacob witnessed is described in three clauses introduced with הִנֵּה (hinneh). In this way the narrator invites the reader to witness the scene through Jacob’s eyes. J. P. Fokkelman points out that the particle goes with a lifted arm and an open mouth: “There, a ladder! Oh, angels! and look, the Lord himself” (Narrative Art in Genesis [SSN], 51-52).

³tn The Hebrew noun סֻלָּם (sullam, “ladder, stairway”) occurs only here in the OT, but there appears to be an Akkadian cognate simmiltu (with metathesis of the second and third consonants and a feminine ending) which has a specialized meaning of “stairway, ramp.” See H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena (SBLDS), 34. For further discussion see C. Houtman, “What Did Jacob See in His Dream at Bethel? Some Remarks on Genesis 28:10-22,” VT 27 (1977): 337-52; J. G. Griffiths, “The Celestial Ladder and the Gate of Heaven,” ExpTim 76 (1964/65): 229-30; and A. R. Millard, “The Celestial Ladder and the Gate of Heaven,” ExpTim 78 (1966/67): 86-87.