The Bible In Paintings: JACOB'S STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

[Hebrews 11:6]

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G E N E S I S
CHAPTER 28:10-22

Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. He stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the LORD, and he said: “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. ALL PEOPLES ON EARTH WILL BE BLESSED THROUGH YOU AND YOUR OFFSPRING. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”

Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it. He called that place Bethel.

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear so that I return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.”

New International Version ©1984, Abrdgd, EMPHASES Added

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GERBRAND VAN DEN EECKHOUT
"Jacob's Dream"

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BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO
"Jacob's Dream"

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JACQUES STELLA
"Jacob's Ladder"

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WILLIAM BLAKE
"Jacob's Dream"

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FRANCESCO MAFFEI
"Jacob's Dream"

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CIGOLI
"Jacob's Dream"

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DOMENICO FETTI
"Jacob's Dream of the Ladder to Heaven"

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GIORGIO VASARI
"Jacob's Dream"

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JACQUES STELLA
"Jacob's Ladder"

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CORNELIS JACOBSZ DELFF
"Jacob’s Dream"

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JULIUS SCHNORR VON CAROLSFELD
"Jacob's Dream"

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MICHAEL WILLMANN
"Jacob's Dream"

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NICOLAS DIPRE
"Jacob's Dream"

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"Dream of Jacob"

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SALVATOR ROSA
"Jacob's Dream"

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BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO
"Jacob's Dream"

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GUSTAV DORÉ
"Jacob's Dream"

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JIM CAMPBELL and BENJAMIN BERGERY
"Jacob’s Dream"

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LUTHER TERRY
"Jacob's Dream"

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GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO
"Jacob's Dream"

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"Jacob's Ladder"

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NICOLAS DIPRE
"Jacob's Ladder"

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JAMES TISSOT
"Jacob's Dream"

[Hebrews 11:6]

R E S O U R C E S
Read GENESIS 28 in full
Hear MAX McLEAN reading it
Hear a DRAMATIZATION of it
Read J-F-B's COMMENTARY
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[Hebrews 11:6]

I N H E R I T I N G
ABRAHAM EXPELS HAGAR AND ISHMAEL
GOD TESTS ABRAHAM
ABRAHAM FINDS ISAAC A WIFE!

J A C O B
ESAU'S BIRTHRIGHT, JACOB'S BLESSING
JACOB'S STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
JACOB FLEES FROM LABAN
JACOB WRESTLES WITH GOD
JACOB RECONCILES WITH ESAU

J O S E P H
YOUNG JOSEPH'S DREAMS
JOSEPH'S ABDUCTION TO EGYPT
JOSEPH AND POTIPHAR'S WIFE
JOSEPH INTERPRETS PRISONERS' DREAMS
JOSEPH INTERPRETS PHARAOH'S DREAMS
JOSEPH'S BROTHERS IN EGYPT

[Red Badger]

Robert Plant IS OLDER THAN I THOUGHT...............

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Good Morning, Dan! :-)

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But is he as old as Keith Richards?

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Sharpen that AXE for next time, Mary-Lou!

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I KEEP it sharp for special occasions.

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It’s been a lonely long time.

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Methuselah isn’t as old a Keith Richards..................

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Watched Robert Plant on Axios TV over the weekend.

Still has that voice!................

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Forecast temps here for the coming week: 80, 83, 87, 88, 91, 82, 78. No AXE needed.

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Awesome!

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Shouldn't that be

Still has that voice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I am not happy at all in MA, but my family needs me. Please don’t make it worse by reminding me how much I loved Florida.

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Beautiful.

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Shhh! You’ll wake him up! He’s 73!............

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Good for you. Sorry for gloating.

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Great!

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The symbolism of the ladder is precious...

Love many of these paintings but in Dore’ we have a true sense of a dream.... ethereal forms descending from the stairs, lit by a glorious light at the top... all done in white while the landscape and Jacob are done in ink and wash.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Thanks for highlighting Doré's. He captured the ethereal essence of that dream.