He(Jacob) 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.” Genesis 28:12-16 "Jacob dreamed - of a long, long ladder that stretched on and on - and angels going up and coming down."  " For u