Genesis 28:10

¶ And Iacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Then Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
- American Standard Version (1901)

So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.
- Basic English Bible

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went towards Haran.
- Darby Bible

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went towards Haran.
- Webster's Bible

Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
- World English Bible

And Jacob goeth out from Beer-Sheba, and goeth toward Haran,
- Youngs Literal Bible

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Genesis 28:10

28:11 The stones for his pillow, and the heavens for his canopy! Yet his comfort in the divine blessing, and his confidence in the divine protection, made him easy, even when he lay thus exposed: being sure that his God made him to dwell in safety, he could lie down and sleep upon a stone.

28:12 Behold a ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reached heaven, the angels ascending and descending on it, and the Lord stood above it - This might represent The providence of God, by which there is a constant correspondence kept up between heaven and earth. The counsels of heaven are executed on earth, and the affairs of this earth are all known in heaven. Providence doth his work gradually and by steps; angels are employed as ministering spirits to serve all the designs of providence, and the wisdom of God is at the upper end of the ladder, directing all the motions of second causes to his glory. The angels are active spirits, continually ascending and descending; they rest not day nor night. They ascend to give account of what they have done, and to receive orders; and desend to execute the orders they have received. This vision gave seasonable comfort to Jacob, letting him know that he had both a good guide and good guard; that though he was to wander from his father's house, yet he was the care of Providence, and the charge of the holy angels. The mediation of Christ. He is this ladder: the foot on earth in his human nature, the top in heaven in his divine nature; or the former is his humiliation, the latter is his exaltation. All the intercourse between heaven and earth since the fall is by this ladder. Christ is the way: all God's favours come to us, and all our services come to him, by Christ. If God dwell with us, and we with him, it is by Christ: we have no way of getting to heaven but by this ladder; for the kind offices the angels do us, are all owing to Christ, who hath reconciled things on earth and things in heaven, #Col 1:20|.