After these things the word of YHWH came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
Genesis 28:12 - Y'all Version Bible He dreamed and saw a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven, and the angels of God were 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 YHWH came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “You are about to be a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married to another man.”
At the end of two full years, Pharaoh had a dream: there he was, standing by the river.
He lay down and slept under a juniper tree. Suddenly, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”
For YHWH’s eyes run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will 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 Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions in his head while on his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
He said, “Now y’all listen to my words. If there is a prophet among y’all, I, YHWH, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.
But when he had considered this, look, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the one who has been fathered in her is from the Holy Spirit.
But when Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
Then he added, “Very truly, I tell y’all, y’all will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Humanity.”
In various ways and at many times in the past, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets,
Aren’t they all spirits of deacon-work, sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?