Verse List for GEN 28:12

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OET (OET-RV) While he was sleeping, he had a dream, and wow, a stairway was set up on the earth and its top reached to the heavens, and look, God’s messengers were ascending and descending on it.

OET-LV And_he _dreamed and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE a _stairway was_placed towards_land and_his/its_head/top was_reaching to_the_heavens and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE the _messengers _of god were_going _up and_were_going _down in/on/over_him/it.

ULT And he dreamed, and behold, a stairway was set up on the earth and its top reached to the heavens, and behold, angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

UST While he was dreaming, he saw a stairway. The bottom of the stairway was on the ground and its top reached up to heaven, and he saw God’s angels going up and coming down on the stairway.

BSB & MSB 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].

OEB Then he dreamed and saw a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and the messengers of God were going up and down on it.

WEBBE & WMBB He dreamt 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.

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

LSV And he dreams, and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and its head is touching the heavens; and behold, messengers of God are going up and coming down by it;

FBV He dreamed he saw a stairway that started on earth, and the top reached all the way into heaven. He saw God's angels going up and down on it.

T4T While he was sleeping, he had a dream, in which he was surprised to see a stairway. The bottom of the stairway was on the earth and the top was in the sky. Jacob also saw that God’s angels were going up and down the stairway.

LEB And he dreamed, and behold, a stairway was set on the earth, and its top touched the heavens. And behold, angels of God were going up and going down on it.

BBE 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.

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JPS 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.

ASV 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.

DRA And he saw in his sleep a ladder standing upon the earth, and the top thereof touching heaven: the angels also of God ascending and descending by it;

YLT And he dreameth, and lo, a ladder set up on the earth, and its head is touching the heavens; and lo, messengers of God are going up and coming down by it;

Drby And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to the heavens. And behold, angels of [fn]God ascended and descended upon it.

RV 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.

SLT And he will dream, and behold a ladder placed in the earth, and the head of it reaching to the heavens: and behold the messengers of God ascending and descending upon it.

Wbstr And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 And he dreamed, and beholde, a ladder set vp on the earth, and the top of it reached to heauen: and beholde the Angels of God ascending and descending on it.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And he dreamed, and beholde there stoode a lather vpo the earth, and the toppe of it reached vp to heauen: and see, the angels of God went vp & downe vpon it.
(And he dreamed, and behold there stood a lather upon the earth, and the top of it reached up to heaven: and see, the angels of God went up and down upon it.)

Gnva Then he dreamed, and behold, there stoode a ladder vpon the earth, and the top of it reached vp to heauen: and loe, the Angels of God went vp and downe by it.
(Then he dreamed, and behold, there stood a ladder upon the earth, and the top of it reached up to heaven: and lo, the Angels of God went up and down by it.)

Cvdl And he dreamed, and beholde, there stode vpon ye earth, a ladder, whose toppe reached vnto the heauen. And beholde, the angels of God wente vp and downe vpon it,
(And he dreamed, and behold, there stood upon ye/you_all earth, a ladder, whose top reached unto the heaven. And behold, the angels of God went up and down upon it,)

Wycl And he seiye in sleep a laddir stondynge on the erthe, and the cop ther of touchinge heuene; and he seiy Goddis aungels stiynge vp and goynge doun ther bi,
(And he seiye in sleep a laddir standing on the earth, and the cop there of touching heaven; and he see God’s angels stiing up and going down there bi,)

Luth Und ihm träumete, und siehe, eine Leiter stund auf Erden, die rührete mit der Spitze an den Himmel; und siehe, die Engel Gottes stiegen daran auf und nieder.
(And him dreamt, and see/look, a/one leader/director stood on/in/to earth/land/ground, the stirred/moved/touched with the/of_the Spitze at/to the heaven; and see/look, the angel God’s rose(v) to_it on/in/to and low/lowly.)

ClVg Viditque in somnis scalam stantem super terram, et cacumen illius tangens cælum: angelos quoque Dei ascendentes et descendentes per eam,[fn]
(And_he_saw in/into/on dreams scalam standing over the_earth/land, and peak of_that touching the_sky: messenger/angels too of_God ascending and descending through her,)

UHB וַֽ⁠יַּחֲלֹ֗ם וְ⁠הִנֵּ֤ה סֻלָּם֙ מֻצָּ֣ב אַ֔רְצָ⁠ה וְ⁠רֹאשׁ֖⁠וֹ מַגִּ֣יעַ הַ⁠שָּׁמָ֑יְמָ⁠ה וְ⁠הִנֵּה֙ מַלְאֲכֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֔ים עֹלִ֥ים וְ⁠יֹרְדִ֖ים בּֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἐνυπνιάσθη· καὶ ἰδοὺ κλίμαξ ἐστηριγμένη ἐν τῇ γῇ, ἧς ἡ κεφαλὴ ἀφικνεῖτο εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν· καὶ οἱ ἄγγελοι τοῦ θεοῦ ἀνέβαινον καὶ κατέβαινον ἐπʼ αὐτῇ.

BrTr and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it.