| 1848 - 424 pages
...the stones of that place, and put them for his pillow, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed. and behold. a ladder set up on the earth,...to heaven : and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And behold, the Lord stood above it, (of course, some divine representative,)... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - 1848 - 378 pages
...naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.— Heb. iv. 13. DISCOURSE IV. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth,...to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it—Gen. xxviii. 12. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when... | |
| 1848 - 354 pages
...Jacob " took of the stones of the place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down to sleep ; and he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth,...to Heaven : and behold the Angels of GOD ascending and descending on it." We may, therefore, suppose that our LORD alluded to the dream of Jacob in making... | |
| Robert Mimpriss - 1849 - 606 pages
...stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, anil lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he ore thee. For the kingdom u the LORD'S : and he if...nsv29 lions. All they that be fat upon earth shall e and descending on 13 it. And. behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham... | |
| Church of England - 1849 - 1236 pages
...the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of...of Megiddon. And the land shall mourn, every fami and descending on it. And, beholdj the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham... | |
| Mystery - 1850 - 512 pages
...the Gentiles : and more particularly, as the period in which Jacob's vision was realized : " when he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth,...angels of God ascending and descending on it." (Gen. xxviii. 12.) The ascent of the gracious Redeemer from the earth, to his throne in the heavens, was... | |
| Benjamin Harrison - 1850 - 148 pages
...exile from his father's house, fleeing from the face of Esau, and had laid him down to sleep ; " and he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth,...to heaven, and behold the angels of God ascending and descending upon it8." And then again, when, in obedience to the command given him by Him who revealed... | |
| James Slye - 1850 - 370 pages
...in whom I am well pleased;" and the patriarch was favoured with a vision of the Almighty, for " he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth,...to heaven, and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it." What is taught us, then, by the vision of Jacob's Ladder ? The Rabbis, and some... | |
| Frederick Denison Maurice - 1851 - 542 pages
...the stones of that place and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth,...to Heaven, and behold the angels of God ascending and descending upon it.' This gift appertained to his birthright ; this was the privilege of the covenant.... | |
| Joseph Jones - 1851 - 160 pages
...the eye of God upon him for good. In the night Jacob was favoured with a remarkable vision. " And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth,...to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it." This ladder might be an emblem of God's providence, which orders all things... | |
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