After these things the word of the LORD came to Avram in a vision, saying, *Don't be afraid, Avram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.*
Genesis 28:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible He dreamed and saw a raised staircase, its foundation on earth and its top touching the sky, and God’s messengers were ascending and descending on it. Catholic Public Domain Version And he saw in his sleep: a ladder standing upon the earth, with its top touching heaven, also, the Angels of God ascending and descending by it, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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; |
After these things the word of the LORD came to Avram in a vision, saying, *Don't be afraid, Avram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.*
When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Avram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
But God came to Avimelekh in a dream of the night, and said to him, *Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man's wife.*
It happened at the end of two full years, that Par`oh dreamed: and behold, he stood by the river.
He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
For the eyes of the LORD run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly; for from henceforth you shall have wars.
Don't you be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
In the first year of Belshatzar king of Bavel Daniyel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
He said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.
But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, *Yosef, son of David, don't be afraid to take to yourself Miriam, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Yosef in Egypt, saying,
He said to him, *Most certainly, I tell you, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.*
God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
Aren't they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?