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Fleeing from Beer-Sheba on his way to Haran, Jacob \u201ccame upon a certain place and stopped there for the night\u201d (Gen 28:11), where he lay down and had a dream. What does the imagery of \u201cJacob\u2019s dream\u201d bring to mind and why? What is the role of the angels Jacob dreams about? What does Jacob learn from his dream?<\/p>\n<p>Avner Moriah visualizes Jacob\u2019s dream in a na\u00efve painting style. He pictures the darkness that befell Jacob, \u201cfor the sun had set\u201d (Gen. 28:11), as a cheerful dreamlike vista of colorful hills, a bright yellow sky, and blue ground. Jacob is lying on the slope of a hill upside down, intimating that in dreams the world is upside down. Although he is asleep his eyes are wide open, looking toward the heavens. In his dream he sees a ladder that \u201cwas set on the ground and its top reached the sky and angels of God were going up and down on it\u201d (Gen. 28:12).<\/p>\n<p>In his dream Jacob sees the angels that conceivably accompanied him in Canaan going up and angels that are to guard over him on his journey coming down. This interpretation is visualized in a reversal of a conventional color scheme, wherein distant objects are seen faintly with less precise color and near objects are imaged in clear bright strong colors. Here, the angels that were already on Earth and are now ascending back to Heaven are dark blue and those that are descending from Heaven down to Earth look almost white.<\/p>\n<p>Above the ladder against the bright yellow sky is \u201cthe gateway to heaven\u201d (Gen. 28:17), an opening in the sky with a spiral image symbolizing the spirit of God. Both the wide-open gate and the spiral form within it suggest the Divine Presence. God reveals himself to Jacob and tells him that he will receive all that was promised to Abraham and Isaac, assuring him that beyond the uncertainties and darkness that enfolded him before he fell asleep, a great future awaits him. God promises to protect him and return him to this very land.<\/p>\n<p>The rounded na\u00efvely rendered hills surrounding the figure of Jacob, brightly painted with trees and all manner of flora, seem to visualize the ideal existence that God promises to him in the dream. Upon waking from this very peaceful vision, Jacob returns to the dark reality of his present. Shaken but elated and impassioned, he exclaims, \u201cHow awesome is this place! 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