Genesis 28:12 (WEB)
He dreamed 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.
Catechism · 1
“God renews his promise to Jacob, the ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 28:10-22.
Fathers and councils · 19
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VI.21Book VI
“…to and from the earth through the planets; while Moses, our most ancient prophet, says that a divine vision was presented to the view of our prophet Jacob,—a ladder stretching to heaven, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon it, and the Lord supported upon its top,—obscurely pointing, by this matter…” — editor's note: Cf. Gen. xxviii. 12, 13.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(Gen. 28:12.)” — the author cites it
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“And there is also a work of his On Emigration,and one On the life of a Wise Man made perfect in Righteousness, or On unwritten Laws;and still further the work On Giants or On the Immutability of God,and a first, second, third, fourth and fifth book On the proposition, that Dreams according to Moses are sent by God.” — editor's note: περὶ τε τοῦ κατὰ Μωϋσέα θεοπέμπτους εἶναι τοὺς ὀνείρους πρῶτον, δεύτερον, κ.τ.λ. Two books are extant, the first upon Gen. xxviii. 12 sqq. and Gen. xxxi. 11…
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Tertullian
“…Church, I mean—winnowing the mixed heap of believers, and separating the grain of the martyrs from the chaff of the deniers; and this is also the ladder of which Jacob dreams, on which are seen, some mounting up to higher places, and others going down to lower.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 12.
Read the whole comment“And then adds, “This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 12–17.
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Justin Martyr
“And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone which he had placed under his head, and he set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it; and Jacob called the name of the place The House of God, and the name of the city formerly was Ulammaus.’ ”” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 10–19. [Οὐλαμλοὺζ. Sept. Luz Eng.]
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Augustine of Hippo
“This was figured in Jacob’s placing a stone at his head, and so sleeping.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 11–18.
Read the whole comment“But degrees, as they are used in this Psalm, are of ascending…There are therefore both those who ascend and those who descend on that ladder.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 12.
Read the whole comment“And Jacob called the name of that place the house of God.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 10–19.
Read the whole comment“Jacob saw a ladder in a dream; and on a ladder he saw angels ascending and descending: and he anointed the stone which he had placed at his head.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 12–18.
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Jerome
“Bonosus, your friend, or, to speak more truly, mine as well as yours, is now climbing the ladder foreshown in Jacob’s dream.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 12.
Read the whole comment“Wherefore God says every day to the angels, as they descend the ladder that Jacob saw in his dream, “I have said ye are Gods and all of you are children of the Most High.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 12.
Read the whole comment“The Christian life is the true Jacob’s ladder on which the angels ascend and descend, while the Lord stands above it holding out His hand to those who slip and sustaining by the vision of Himself the weary steps of those who ascend.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 12.
Read the whole comment“…as having seven eyes and in Isaiah is spoken of as a corner-stone, he beheld a ladder reaching up to heaven; yes, and the Lord standing high above it holding out His hand to such as were ascending and hurling from on high such as were careless.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 12, 13.
Read the whole comment“Yet it was then that he saw the ladder set up from earth to heaven, and the angels ascending and descending on it, and the Lord above it holding out a helping hand to such as fall and encouraging the climbers to fresh efforts by the vision of Himself.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 12, 13. Cp. Letters CVIII. § 13, and CXXIII. § 15.
Read the whole comment“Yet as he lay there he beheld a ladder set up on the earth reaching to heaven and behold the Lord stood above it, and the angels ascended and descended on it; the lesson being thus taught that the sinner must not despair of salvation nor the righteous man rest secure in his virtue.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 11–13.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Nor was that sign without a purpose, the ladder from earth to heaven, wherein was seen the future fellowship between men and angels through the cross of Christ, whose thigh was paralyzed, that in his thigh he might recognize the Heir of his body, and foretell by the paralyzing of his thigh the Passion of his Heir.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 12.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“I extol the ladder of Jacob, and the pillar which he anointed to God, and his wrestling with Him, whatever it was; and, in my opinion, it was the contrast and opposition of the human stature to the height of God, resulting in the tokens of the defeat of his race.” — editor's note: Ib. xxviii. 12.
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Gregory the Great
“Hence Jacob, the Lord looking down from above, and oil being poured down on the stone, saw angels ascending and descending (Gen. xxviii. 12); to signify, that true preachers not only aspire in contemplation to the holy head of the Church, that is to the Lord, above, but also descend…” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 18
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Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.5.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 1:47–51 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 1:47–51 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 1:47–51 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Celsus VI.21.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120.
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John 1:51 takes up the words of Genesis 28:12 (8 words in common).