Editing Jacob's Ladder (section)

{{Short description|Ladder in Genesis joining Earth to heaven}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Redirect|Ladder to Heaven|the Hong Kong television drama|The Last Steep Ascent{{!}}''The Last Steep Ascent''|the ''South Park'' episode|A Ladder to Heaven}}
{{original research|date= February 2020}}
[[File:LZB in Flensburg - Niederdeutsche Lutherbibel von 1574-1580, Bild 11B.JPG|thumb|Picture of the Jacob's Ladder in the original [[Luther Bible]]s (of 1534 and also 1545)]]

'''Jacob's Ladder''' ({{langx|hbo|{{Script/Hebrew|סֻלָּם יַעֲקֹב}}|Sūllām Yaʿăqōḇ}}) is a ladder or staircase leading to [[Heaven]] that was featured in a dream the [[Patriarchs (Bible)|Biblical Patriarch]] [[Jacob]] had during his flight from his brother [[Esau]] in the [[Book of Genesis]] (chapter 28).

The significance of the dream has been debated, but most interpretations agree that it identified Jacob with the obligations and inheritance of the people chosen by [[God in Abrahamic religions|God]], as understood in [[Abrahamic religions]].

[[File:Monheim_Town_Hall_3.jpg|thumb|Jacob's Ladder as depicted in [[Monheim Town Hall]]. The gilded Hebrew text reads "And, behold, the {{LORD}} stood beside him, and said: 'And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest{{'"}}]]