Compare & Correlate · Explicit
Jacob's ladder
Jacob's dream at Bethel, and Jesus' promise to Nathanael. John keeps the angels ascending and descending and the opened heaven, and sets the Son of Man where the stairway stood. The stairway itself is a word used once in the Hebrew Bible.
Explicit: A later verse makes this link, and it is printed on the arrow.
Jacob's ladder. Explicit — a later text makes this connection, and the verse that makes it is printed on the arrow.
- סֻלָּם sullam, “stairway, ladder” — 1 verse in the annotated Hebrew corpus: Genesis 28:12
The words, as the corpus holds them (each checked present, or absent, in the verses cited beside it):
- מַלְאָךְ mal'akh, “messenger, angel”
- עָלָה alah, “ascend”
- יָרַד yarad, “descend”
- סֻלָּם sullam, “stairway, ladder”
- בַּיִת bayit, “house”
- שַׁעַר sha'ar, “gate”
Sources:
- Hebrew words checked against the annotated corpus by tests/test_correlations.py; Greek references checked against SBLGNT for existence only.
Row by row
| Genesis 28 | John 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ascending and descending | the angels of God ascending and descending on itGenesis 28:12 | the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of ManJohn 1:51 |
| Linking verse: John 1:51 — “you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man” | ||
| What they go up and down | a stairway set on the earth, its top reaching heavenGenesis 28:12 | the Son of ManJohn 1:51 |
| Sullam occurs once in the Hebrew Bible. John has no stairway: the Son of Man stands where it stood. | ||
| The gate of heaven | this is the house of God, and this is the gate of heavenGenesis 28:17 | you will see heaven openedJohn 1:51 |
Where it appears in the text
- Genesis 28 — the stairway at Bethel
- John 1 — the angels ascending and descending on the Son of Man
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