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Genesis 28:10-12
Today give us a special treat. We are reading a famous passage of how Jacob escaped toward Haran - scared of his brother's anger.
He laid down to sleep and saw a ladder ascending to heaven and the angels were going up and down on it.
This is a supernatural event which precedes his first contact with God. I believe next week will be a longer passage where God states again, in a very personal way, how he will bless Jacob and his descendants. I had trouble trying to split this story because it is important, but very long.
Today's reading
English
Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!
Hebrew
The story continues next week as the promise is reiterated by God ...
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